Sex, Color, and Mate Choice in Guppies
Anne E. Houde

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction: The Guppy as a Model System	3
2	Reproductive Biology and Sexual Behavior	29
3	Choosy Females and Competing Males: Mechanisms of Sexual Selection	45
4	Male Courtship Behavior	80
5	Evolution of Female Choice 1: Direct Selection, Adaptive Plasticity, and Sensory Drive	104
6	Evolution of Female Choice 2: Indirect Selection, Variation, and Correlations	123
7	Summary and Prospects	155
Appendix	Experimental Methods: How to Build a Better Bordello	165
	References	177
	Author Index	201
	Subject Index	205
	Taxonomic Index	209

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