A test for female attraction to male orange coloration in Poecilia picta

被引：4

作者：

Breden, F ^{[1
]}

Bertrand, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Behav Ecol Res Grp, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES | 1999年 / 55卷 / 04期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

female preference; sexual selection; sensory exploitation; pre-existing bias;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1007591926457

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Examining the distribution of female preference and attractive male secondary sexual characters in closely related species can help evaluate the various models for the evolution of female preference. We examined whether orange coloration in males was attractive to females of Poecilia picta, a species in the same subgenus as the guppy, P. reticulata. Females did not respond differently to males with or without a conspicuous orange stripe on the dorsum of the tail, a characteristic ornamentation of the male of this species. This lack of preference in a taxon that possesses a conspicuous, secondary sexual character directly contradicts the predictions of the sensory exploitation hypothesis for the evolution of female preference, but may support a model of antagonistic sexual selection proposed by Rice (1996).

引用

页码：449 / 453

页数：5

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