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| Title |
Intrasexual competition facilitates the evolution of alternative mating strategies in a colour polymorphic fish
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, December 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-10-391 |
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| Authors |
Jorge L Hurtado-Gonzales, J Albert C Uy |
| Abstract |
Intense competition for access to females can lead to males exploiting different components of sexual selection, and result in the evolution of alternative mating strategies (AMSs). Males of Poecilia parae, a colour polymorphic fish, exhibit five distinct phenotypes: drab-coloured (immaculata), striped (parae), structural-coloured (blue) and carotenoid-based red and yellow morphs. Previous work indicates that immaculata males employ a sneaker strategy, whereas the red and yellow morphs exploit female preferences for carotenoid-based colours. Mating strategies favouring the maintenance of the other morphs remain to be determined. Here, we report the role of agonistic male-male interactions in influencing female mating preferences and male mating success, and in facilitating the evolution of AMSs. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 85 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Romania | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 80 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 28% |
| Researcher | 15 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 11% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 63 | 74% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Unknown | 10 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 January 2011.
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#5,405,350
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#1,303
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#33,820
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#15
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