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Male Colors and Female Mate Preference in Korean Rosy Bitterling, Rhodeus uyekii (Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae)  

Jeon, Hyung Bae (Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University)
Suk, Ho Young (Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.24, no.4, 2012 , pp. 263-271 More about this Journal
Abstract
A female preference is a potentially complex function relating variation in multiple male traits with her probability of accepting the most optimal individuals as a mate. If mate preference is dominantly driven by additive fitness benefits, different females tend to be congruent in the decision of choice, whereas females will not necessarily share their mate preferences if non-additive benefits more strongly operate. Here, a sequential blocked design ($4{\times}4$) was applied to experimentally assess the relative contribution of additive and non-additive components to the female mate preference with Korean rosy bitterling, Rhodeus uyekii. In a total of 48 single stimulus presentations, behavioral elements of courtship activities were analyzed to derive the 'index of female preference'. Females showed a clear preference for males with more elaborate carotenoid colors, but mated randomly with respect to male body size and other color patterns. However, they were not individually consistent in their choice of mates, suggesting that non-additive components probably contribute to the evolution of female preference.
Keywords
Mate choice; secondary sexual characteristics; carotenoids; sexual selection; Rhodeus uyekii;
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