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Definition of swordtail in English: swordtailnounˈsɔːdteɪlˈsôrdtāl A live-bearing freshwater fish of Central America, popular in aquaria. The lower edge of the tail is elongated and brightly marked in the male. 剑尾鱼 Xiphophorus helleri, family Poeciliidae Example sentencesExamples - For example, in swordtails, male - male competition and female choice both contribute to the greater reproductive success of larger males.
- Poeciliids, namely guppies and swordtails, are favorite subjects of sexual selection studies, in particular those concerning mate choice and its role in the maintenance of male secondary sex traits.
- An examination of correlations between parameters of growth in multiple species of swordtails points to several possible targets of selection.
- Such video techniques have been particularly effective in female mate choice studies in fishes, including guppies, sticklebacks, and swordtails.
- Many fish lay eggs, but some - including common aquarium fish such as guppies, swordtails, and mollies - retain the eggs inside their bodies until hatching.
- If true, he said, the evolution of this mating preference might help explain the evolution of swords in male swordtail fishes.
- One extreme, yet very thoroughly analyzed situation, is found in the swordtails and platyfish of the genus Xiphophorus.
- Male swordtails in the genus Xiphophorus display a conspicuous ventral elongation of the caudal fin, the sword, which arose through sexual selection due to female preference.
- Comparative approaches for examining processes of sexual selection have been applied to a variety of systems including spiders, mites, swordtail fish, guppies, frogs, manakins, and house finches.
- Of course, I don't have room for 20 or so swordtails in my tanks, so I'm going to have to find a home for some of them…
- Here, we examine male species recognition via odor cues in the swordtail fish.
Definition of swordtail in US English: swordtailnounˈsôrdtāl A livebearing freshwater fish of Central America, popular in aquariums. The lower edge of the tail is elongated and brightly marked in the male. 剑尾鱼 Xiphophorus helleri, family Poeciliidae Example sentencesExamples - Such video techniques have been particularly effective in female mate choice studies in fishes, including guppies, sticklebacks, and swordtails.
- Many fish lay eggs, but some - including common aquarium fish such as guppies, swordtails, and mollies - retain the eggs inside their bodies until hatching.
- For example, in swordtails, male - male competition and female choice both contribute to the greater reproductive success of larger males.
- If true, he said, the evolution of this mating preference might help explain the evolution of swords in male swordtail fishes.
- One extreme, yet very thoroughly analyzed situation, is found in the swordtails and platyfish of the genus Xiphophorus.
- Comparative approaches for examining processes of sexual selection have been applied to a variety of systems including spiders, mites, swordtail fish, guppies, frogs, manakins, and house finches.
- Here, we examine male species recognition via odor cues in the swordtail fish.
- Of course, I don't have room for 20 or so swordtails in my tanks, so I'm going to have to find a home for some of them…
- Male swordtails in the genus Xiphophorus display a conspicuous ventral elongation of the caudal fin, the sword, which arose through sexual selection due to female preference.
- An examination of correlations between parameters of growth in multiple species of swordtails points to several possible targets of selection.
- Poeciliids, namely guppies and swordtails, are favorite subjects of sexual selection studies, in particular those concerning mate choice and its role in the maintenance of male secondary sex traits.
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