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Guppies: Ornamentation and Attractiveness in Guppies

Description

The father's ornamentation (composite score of color and brightness) and son's attractiveness (relative rates of visits by females) in male guppies (Poecilia reticulata).

source

inferred from Brooks, R. 2000. Negative genetic correlation between male sexual attractiveness and survival. Nature 406: 67-70.

References

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v406/n6791/abs/406067a0.html

Examples

str(Guppies)
xyplot(son.attract ~ father.ornament,
  Guppies,
  xlab = "Father's ornamentation",
  ylab = "Son's attractiveness"
  )