What Drives Life-History Variation in the Livebearing Fish Poeciliopsis prolifica? An Assessment of Multiple Putative Selective Agents

Life-history traits are directly linked to fitness, and therefore, can be highly adaptive. Livebearers have been used as models for understanding the evolution of life histories due to their wide diversity in these traits. Several different selective pressures, including population density, predatio...

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Main Authors: Andrea J. Roth-Monzón, Mark C. Belk, J. Jaime Zúñiga-Vega, Jerald B. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.608046/full