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. 2001 Nov 6;98(23):12857-9.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.241503598.

Sex roles, ornaments, and evolutionary explanation

A E Houde  1
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Sex roles, ornaments, and evolutionary explanation

A E Houde. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Figure 1
Female pipefish Syngnathus typhle showing blue ornamentation. (Photograph by Ola Jennersten.)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Male (Lower) and female (Upper) guppies. Guppies provide an example of “normal” sex roles in which males are ornamented, compete among one another, and court females. (Photograph by Jonathan Weiland.)
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Figure 3
Male (Lower) and female (Upper) two-spotted gobies. Whereas males of this species are ornamented, compete among one another, and court females, females also show ornamentation in their yellow-red belly coloration. [Reproduced with permission from ref. (copyright 2001, PNAS).]
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