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Sexual and Aggressive Behaviour in Species Hybrids of Poecilia mexicana and Poecilia velifera (Pisces, Poeciliidae)
Author(s) -
Parzefall Jakob
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
ethology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0179-1613
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1989.tb00491.x
Subject(s) - poecilia , poeciliidae , biology , hybrid , guppy , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , botany
The inheritance of sexual behaviour patterns was studied in species hybrids of Poecilia mexicana and Poecilia velifera. In addition, the aggressive behaviour and some morphological characters have been investigated and checked for a possible correlation between and within these three different traits studied. All the characters are inherited polygenically. The minimum genetic factors could be estimated only for some characters.