Beauty varies with the light

Identifier

911.2

Title

Beauty varies with the light

Description

Experimental work on guppies suggests that variation in light between microhabitats is what makes females prefer different male signal combinations, thus explaining the evolution and persistence of colour variation in males.

Creator

Ole Seehausen

Source

Nature
Vol. 521
No. 7550

Publisher

Nature

Date

07.05.2015

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Article

Item Relations

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Files

521034a.pdf

Citation

Ole Seehausen, “Beauty varies with the light,” Uwekind Resource Centre, accessed October 12, 2026, https://library.uwekind.com/items/show/201.