Life-Long Experience with Male Mating Tactics Shapes Spatial Cognition and Coercion Evasion in Female Swordtails

Social experiences can shape adult behavior and cognition. Here, we use El Abra swordtails (<i>Xiphophorus nigrensis</i>) to assess how life-long experience with different male mating tactics shapes coercion evasion ability and female spatial cognition. We raised females from birth to ad...

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Main Authors: Philip S. Queller, Elena R. M. Adams, Molly E. Cummings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Fishes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/8/11/562