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| Title |
Color vision varies more among populations than among species of live-bearing fish from South America
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12862-015-0501-3 |
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| Authors |
Benjamin A. Sandkam, C. Megan Young, Frances Margaret Walker Breden, Godfrey R. Bourne, Felix Breden |
| Abstract |
Sensory Bias models for the evolution of mate preference place a great emphasis on the role of sensory system variation in mate preferences. However, the extent to which sensory systems vary across- versus within-species remains largely unknown. Here we assessed whether color vision varies in natural locations where guppies (Poecilia reticulata) and their two closest relatives, Poecilia parae and Poecilia picta, occur in extreme sympatry and school together. All three species base mate preferences on male coloration but differ in the colors preferred. Measuring opsin gene expression, we found that within sympatric locations these species have similar color vision and that color vision differed more across populations of conspecifics. In addition, all three species differ across populations in the frequency of the same opsin coding polymorphism that influences visual tuning. Together, this shows sensory systems vary considerably across populations and supports the possibility that sensory system variation is involved in population divergence of mate preference. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 41 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 31% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 12% |
| Researcher | 5 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 62% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 May 2016.
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