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Does the time spent near a male predict female mate choice in a Malawian cichlid?
- Source :
- Journal of Fish Biology. 59:667-672
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2001.
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Abstract
- Gravid female Malawian Pseudotropheus cichlids spent significantly more time with males that they subsequently chose as mates, indicating that time spent near a male is a valid and accurate method of measuring female preference. Furthermore, females preferred to mate with males that had longer pelvic fins and a larger number of eggspots on their anal fins. In some instances, females chose to mate with both of the males with which they were presented, possibly because they were unable to discriminate between them.
Details
- ISSN :
- 10958649 and 00221112
- Volume :
- 59
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Fish Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........54537575f842e0b570c30717e0e8e6a4