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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bolnick DI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5014039 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology letters 20160801 8
Variation in male nuptial colour signals might be maintained by negative frequency-dependent selection. This can occur if males are more aggressive towards rivals with locally common colour phenotypes. To test this hypothesis, we introduced red or melanic three-dimensional printed-model males into the territories of nesting male stickleback from two optically distinct lakes with different coloured residents. Red-throated models were attacked more in the population with red males, while melanic m ...[more]