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Assortative mating among Lake Malawi cichlid fish populations is not simply predictable from male nuptial colour
Authors:Jonatan Blais   Martin Plenderleith   Ciro Rico   Martin I Taylor   Ole Seehausen   Cock van Oosterhout  George F Turner
Affiliation:(1) D?partement de Biologie, Qu?bec-Oc?an, Universit? Laval, Ste-Foy, Qu?bec, GIK 7P4, Canada;(2) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK;(3) Estaci?n Biol?gica de Do?ana, CSIC, Av Ma Luisa s/n Pabell?n del Per?, Apartado de correos 1050, 41013 Sevilla, Spain;(4) School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK;(5) Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, University of Bern, Baltzerstr. 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland;(6) Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Center of Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, EAWAG Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, CH-6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
Abstract:

Background  

Research on the evolution of reproductive isolation in African cichlid fishes has largely focussed on the role of male colours and female mate choice. Here, we tested predictions from the hypothesis that allopatric divergence in male colour is associated with corresponding divergence in preference.
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