Male mate choice in livebearing fishes： an overview
Male mate choice in livebearing fishes： an overview作者机构：Department of Biology University of Oklahoma 730 Van Vleet Oval Norman OK 73019 USA
出 版 物：《Current Zoology》 (动物学报（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2018年第64卷第3期
页 面：393-403页
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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 090802[农学-捕捞学] 07[理学] 0908[农学-水产] 09[农学] 071002[理学-动物学]
主 题：binary choice test fecundity female choice female size Gambusia guppy Poecilia preference function sexualselection Xiphophorus.
摘 要：Although the majority of studies on mate choice focus on female mate choice, there is growing recognition of the role of male mate choice too. Male mate choice is tightly linked to 2 other phenomena： female competition for males and ornamentation in females. In the current article, I review the existing literature on this in a group of fishes, Poeciliidae. In this group, male mate choice appears to be based on differences in female quality, especially female size, which is a proxy for fecundity. Some males also have to choose between heterospecific and conspecific females in the unusual mating system of the Amazon molly. In this case, they typically show a preference for conspecific females. Whereas male mate choice is relatively well documented for this family, female ornamentation and female competition are not.
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