Sex, Color, and Mate Choice in Guppies

AvAnne E. Houde

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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The Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is well known to biologists and home aquarium enthusiasts alike. Scientists have studied guppies for most of the twentieth century. Some of the most intensive recent research has been conducted by behavioral ecologists, who have found that the guppy mating system makes guppies especially useful in the study of sexual selection and mate choice. By observing guppy behavior in aquaria, researchers hope to obtain new insights into how selection operates in natural populations. Here Anne Houde summarizes and synthesizes the scientific work done to date, relates the empirical findings on guppies to current themes in sexual selection theory, and suggests new directions for future research. This book describes the sexual behavior of guppies and examines how mate choice by females leads to the evolution of the conspicuous colors and the courtship displays for which guppies are widely recognized. The author shows that female guppies prefer males with bright color patterns, especially those with orange spots, and that the mating preferences of females lead to sexual selection on both color patterns and courtship displays of males.Houde's work addresses a number of areas that are of interest in sexual selection, including the remarkable degree of plasticity and evolutionary lability of sexual behavior in guppies, geographic variation in mating preferences, possible mechanisms for the evolution of female mating preferences, and the role of sexual selection in speciation. In conclusion, the author explores the implications of her findings for behavioral ecologists who study sexual selection in other species.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-08-24
Mått:152 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Princeton University Press
ISBN:9780691027890

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Djurens beteende inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Vattendjur inom Djur och Natur
Zoologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Anne E. Houde is Assistant Professor of Biology at Lake Forest College.

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"[I]mportant to biologists who study guppies, and, like much of the rest of this book ... of interest to researchers into sexual selection in other species as well... [A]n inspiring guide to future directions in behavioural ecology."--Nature

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments1Introduction: The Guppy as a Model System32Reproductive Biology and Sexual Behavior293Choosy Females and Competing Males: Mechanisms of Sexual Selection454Male Courtship Behavior805Evolution of Female Choice 1: Direct Selection, Adaptive Plasticity, and Sensory Drive1046Evolution of Female Choice 2: Indirect Selection, Variation, and Correlations1237Summary and Prospects155AppendixExperimental Methods: How to Build a Better Bordello165References177Author Index201Subject Index205Taxonomic Index209

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