Sex, Color, and Mate Choice in GuppiesPrinceton University Press, 24 ago 1997 - 210 páginas The Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is well known to biologists and home aquarium enthusiasts alike. Scientists have studied guppies for most of the twentieth century. Some of the most intensive recent research has been conducted by behavioral ecologists, who have found that the guppy mating system makes guppies especially useful in the study of sexual selection and mate choice. By observing guppy behavior in aquaria, researchers hope to obtain new insights into how selection operates in natural populations. Here Anne Houde summarizes and synthesizes the scientific work done to date, relates the empirical findings on guppies to current themes in sexual selection theory, and suggests new directions for future research. |
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Introduction The Guppy as a Model System | 3 |
12 Geographic Variation among Guppy Populations | 13 |
13 Issues in Sexual Selection and What Guppies Can Tell Us | 25 |
14 Summary | 27 |
Reproductive Biology and Sexual Behavior | 29 |
22 Ontogeny | 32 |
23 Sexual Behavior | 35 |
24 Mating System | 40 |
55 Sensory Mechanisms | 115 |
56 Summary | 121 |
Evolution of Female Choice 2 Indirect Selection Variation and Correlations | 123 |
62 Heritable Variation in Mating Preferences | 124 |
63 GoodGenes and Fisherian Models | 125 |
64 Mate Choice for Good Genes? | 127 |
65 Discriminating between Good Genes and Fisherian Models | 137 |
66 Variation in Mating Preferences among Populations | 139 |
25 Aggression and Dominance | 41 |
26 Summary | 43 |
Choosy Females and Competing Males Mechanisms of Sexual Selection | 45 |
32 Differential Mating Success | 47 |
33 Female Choice | 53 |
34 Does MaleMale Competition Play a Role? | 75 |
35 Summary | 78 |
Male Courtship Behavior | 80 |
42 Patterns of Variation in Male Courtship Behavior | 81 |
Effects of Female Characteristics on Male Courtship Behavior | 96 |
44 Sneak Copulation as an Alternative Mating Tactic | 99 |
45 Summary | 101 |
Evolution of Female Choice 1 Direct Selection Adaptive Plasticity and Sensory Drive | 104 |
53 Selection and the Evolution of Mating Preferences | 106 |
54 Mate Choice Patterns | 107 |
within Populations | 147 |
68 Sexual Selection and Speciation | 150 |
69 Summary | 152 |
Summary and Prospects | 155 |
72 Questions for Future Research | 159 |
73 Concluding Remarks | 163 |
Experimental Methods How to Build a Better Bordello | 165 |
A2 Measuring Male Mating Success | 173 |
A3 Measuring Male Color Patterns | 174 |
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