Conspicuous carotenoid-based pelvic spine ornament in three-spined stickleback populations—occurrence and inheritance
Reports on reddish carotenoid-based ornaments in female three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) are few, despite the large interest in the species’ behaviour, ornamentation, morphology and evolution. We sampled sticklebacks from 17 sites in north-western Europe in this first extensive stu...
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PeerJ Inc.
2015-04-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/872.pdf |