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HYBRIDIZATION LEADS TO SENSORY REPERTOIRE EXPANSION IN A GYNOGENETIC FISH, THE AMAZON MOLLY (POECILIA FORMOSA): A TEST OF THE HYBRID-SENSORY EXPANSION HYPOTHESIS

  1. Benjamin A. Sandkam1,2,
  2. Jeffrey B. Joy1,
  3. Corey T. Watson1,
  4. Pablo Gonzalez-Bendiksen3,
  5. Caitlin R. Gabor3,
  6. Felix Breden1

Article first published online: 7 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01779.x

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Evolution

Volume 67, Issue 1, pages 120–130, January 2013

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Sandkam, B. A., Joy, J. B., Watson, C. T., Gonzalez-Bendiksen, P., Gabor, C. R. and Breden, F. (2013), HYBRIDIZATION LEADS TO SENSORY REPERTOIRE EXPANSION IN A GYNOGENETIC FISH, THE AMAZON MOLLY (POECILIA FORMOSA): A TEST OF THE HYBRID-SENSORY EXPANSION HYPOTHESIS. Evolution, 67: 120–130. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01779.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, V5A 1S6, Canada

  2. 2

    E-mail: bsandkam@sfu.ca

  3. 3

    Department of Biology, Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas 78666

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  1. Issue published online: 4 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 7 SEP 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 18 AUG 2012 01:22AM EST
  4. Received April 18, 2011, Accepted July 20, 2012

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