Male mate choice in mosquitofish: personality outweighs body size

Abstract Background Despite its important implications in behavioural and evolutionary ecology, male mate choice has been poorly studied, and the relative contribution of personality and morphological traits remains largely unknown. We used standard two-choice mating trials to explore whether two pe...

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Main Authors: Chunlin Li, Xinyu Zhang, Peng Cui, Feng Zhang, Baowei Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-022-00450-3