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Mating advantage for rare males in wild guppy populations

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  • Kimberly A. Hughes

    (319 Stadium Drive, Florida State University)

  • Anne E. Houde

    (Lake Forest College, 555 North Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045, USA)

  • Anna C. Price

    (University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada)

  • F. Helen Rodd

    (University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada)

Abstract

Manipulation of the frequency of naturally occurring colour patterns within replicate pools of fish at three sites shows that males with rare colour patterns have higher reproductive fitness, demonstrating negative frequency-dependent selection mediated by sexual selection.

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  • Kimberly A. Hughes & Anne E. Houde & Anna C. Price & F. Helen Rodd, 2013. "Mating advantage for rare males in wild guppy populations," Nature, Nature, vol. 503(7474), pages 108-110, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:503:y:2013:i:7474:d:10.1038_nature12717
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12717
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    1. Liberman, Uri & Behar, Hilla & Feldman, Marcus W., 2016. "Evolution of reduced mutation under frequency-dependent selection," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 52-59.
    2. Brittany Kraft & Valerie A Lemakos & Joseph Travis & Kimberly A Hughes & John FitzpatrickHandling editor, 2018. "Pervasive indirect genetic effects on behavioral development in polymorphic eastern mosquitofish," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(2), pages 289-300.
    3. Josephine R. Paris & James R. Whiting & Mitchel J. Daniel & Joan Ferrer Obiol & Paul J. Parsons & Mijke J. Zee & Christopher W. Wheat & Kimberly A. Hughes & Bonnie A. Fraser, 2022. "A large and diverse autosomal haplotype is associated with sex-linked colour polymorphism in the guppy," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, December.

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