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A larger brain confers a benefit in a spatial mate search learning task in male guppies

scientific article

A test of sensory exploitation in the swordtail characin (Corynopoma riisei) based on colour matching between female prey and a male ornament

scientific article published in 2013

Adenosine promotion of cellular migration in bronchial epithelial cells is mediated by the activation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase A.

scientific article published on November 2007

An unexpected influence of widely used significance thresholds on the distribution of reported P-values

scientific article

Artificial selection for schooling behaviour and its effects on associative learning abilities

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Artificial selection on brain size leads to matching changes in overall number of neurons

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Artificial selection on male genitalia length alters female brain size.

scientific article published in November 2016

Artificial selection on relative brain size in the guppy reveals costs and benefits of evolving a larger brain

scientific article published on 3 January 2013

Artificial selection on relative brain size reveals a positive genetic correlation between brain size and proactive personality in the guppy.

scientific article

Assortative interactions revealed by sorting of animal groups

article published in 2018

Brain size affects female but not male survival under predation threat

scientific article

Brain size affects performance in a reversal-learning test.

scientific article published in January 2018

Brain size affects responsiveness in mating behaviour to variation in predation pressure and sex ratio

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

Brain size affects the behavioural response to predators in female guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

scientific article

Brain size does not impact shoaling dynamics in unfamiliar groups of guppies (Poecilia reticulata).

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Brain size does not predict learning strategies in a serial reversal learning test

scientific article published on 19 June 2020

Brain size predicts behavioural plasticity in guppies (Poecilia reticulata): An experiment

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Brain structure evolution in a basal vertebrate clade: evidence from phylogenetic comparative analysis of cichlid fishes

scientific article published on 21 September 2009

Brains and the city in passerine birds: re-analysis and confirmation of the original result

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

Brains and the city: big-brained passerine birds succeed in urban environments

scientific article

Breakdown of brain–body allometry and the encephalization of birds and mammals

scientific article published on 13 August 2018

Can sexual selection drive female life histories? A comparative study on Galliform birds

scientific article published in March 2007

Comparative support for the expensive tissue hypothesis: Big brains are correlated with smaller gut and greater parental investment in Lake Tanganyika cichlids

scientific article

Convergent recombination suppression suggests role of sexual selection in guppy sex chromosome formation.

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

Different Mating Contexts Lead To Extensive Rewiring Of Female Brain Coexpression Networks In The Guppy

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Differential investment in the Banggai cardinalfish: can females adjust egg size close to egg maturation to match the attractiveness of a new partner?

article by Niclas Kolm & J. Olsson published December 2003 in Journal of Fish Biology

Distinct evolutionary patterns of brain and body size during adaptive radiation

scientific article

Diversification of a food-mimicking male ornament via sensory drive

scientific article published on 12 July 2012

Does brain size affect mate choice? An experimental examination in pygmy halfbeaks

scientific article published on 23 August 2021

Does female feeding motivation affect the response to a food-mimicking male ornament in the swordtail characin Corynopoma riisei?

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Early neurogenomic response associated with variation in guppy female mate preference

article

Evidence for small scale variation in the vertebrate brain: mating strategy and sex affect brain size and structure in wild brown trout (Salmo trutta).

scientific article published on 30 October 2009

Evolution of brain region volumes during artificial selection for relative brain size

scientific article

Evolution of brain-body allometry in Lake Tanganyika cichlids

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

Evolution of egg dummies in Tanganyikan cichlid fishes: the roles of parental care and sexual selection

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Expression change in Angiopoietin-1 underlies change in relative brain size in fish

scientific article published in July 2015

Extreme sexual brain size dimorphism in sticklebacks: a consequence of the cognitive challenges of sex and parenting?

scientific article published on 19 January 2012

Female brain size affects the assessment of male attractiveness during mate choice.

scientific article

Female courtship in the Banggai cardinalfish: honest signals of egg maturity and reproductive output?

article by Niclas Kolm et al published 1 May 2004 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Female promiscuity promotes the evolution of faster sperm in cichlid fishes

scientific article

Females produce larger eggs for large males in a paternal mouthbrooding fish ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Functional convergence of genomic and transcriptomic genetic architecture underlying sociability in a live-bearing fish

Functional coupling constrains craniofacial diversification in Lake Tanganyika cichlids.

scientific article

Genetic structure in the coral-reef-associated Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni.

scientific article

Group stability and homing behavior but no kin group structures in a coral reef fish

scientific article (publication date: 19 January 2005)

How predation shapes the social interaction rules of shoaling fish

scientific article

Inside the heads of David and Goliath: environmental effects on brain morphology among wild and growth-enhanced coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch.

scientific article published on 30 May 2012

Is speciation driven by species diversity? (Reply)

scientific article published in Nature

Large brains, short life: selection on brain size impacts intrinsic lifespan.

scientific article

Life history evolution in cichlids 2: directional evolution of the trade-off between egg number and egg size

scientific article published in January 2006

Long life evolves in large brained bird lineages

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Male Courtship Pheromones Affect Female Behaviour in the Swordtail Characin (Corynopoma riisei)

Male contest competition and the coevolution of weaponry and testes in pinnipeds ⬇️

scientific article published on 04 July 2012

Male size determines reproductive output in a paternal mouthbrooding fish

scholarly article by Niclas Kolm published April 2002 in Animal Behaviour

Male-biased gene expression resolves sexual conflict through the evolution of sex-specific genetic architecture

article

Multiple male sexual signals and female responsiveness in the swordtail characin, Corynopoma riisei

On the power to detect rare recombination events

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

On the role of body size, brain size, and eye size in visual acuity.

scientific article

Phenotypic integration of brain size and head morphology in Lake Tanganyika Cichlids

scientific article (publication date: 4 March 2014)

Plastic changes in brain morphology in relation to learning and environmental enrichment in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Population differentiation in the swordtail characin (Corynopoma riisei ): a role for sensory drive?

scientific article published on 31 July 2010

Positive genetic correlation between brain size and sexual traits in male guppies artificially selected for brain size.

scientific article published on 11 March 2015

Predation pressure shapes brain anatomy in the wild

scientific article published on 12 May 2017

Rapid evolution of coordinated and collective movement in response to artificial selection

scientific article published on 02 December 2020

Rates of phenotypic evolution of ecological characters and sexual traits during the Tanganyikan cichlid adaptive radiation

scientific article

Reply to: Comparisons of static brain-body allometries across vertebrates must distinguish between indeterminate and determinate growth

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Response to comments on Species diversity can drive speciation

article

Revisiting the social brain hypothesis: contest duration depends on loser's brain size

SPECIES DIVERSITY CAN DRIVE SPECIATION: REPLY

article

Selection for brain size impairs innate, but not adaptive immune responses. ⬇️

scientific article published in March 2016

Selection for relative brain size affects context-dependent male preference for, but not discrimination of, female body size in guppies

scientific article published on 25 June 2018

Sensory exploitation and plasticity in female mate choice in the swordtail characin

article by Mirjam Amcoff et al published May 2013 in Animal Behaviour

Sex differences in cognitive ageing: testing predictions derived from life-history theory in a dioecious nematode

scientific article

Sex, ecology and the brain: evolutionary correlates of brain structure volumes in Tanganyikan cichlids

scientific article

Sex-Specific Territorial Behaviour in the Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kaunderni

scientific article (publication date: August 2004)

Sex-biased gene expression resolves sexual conflict through the evolution of sex-specific genetic architecture

article

Sexual selection determines parental care patterns in cichlid fishes.

scientific article published on 16 May 2008

Sexual selection uncouples the evolution of brain and body size in pinnipeds.

scientific article published on 24 April 2012

Social fishes and single mothers: brain evolution in African cichlids

scientific article published in January 2009

Species diversity can drive speciation

scientific article

Stress-induced changes in brain serotonergic activity, plasma cortisol and aggressive behavior in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) is counteracted by L-DOPA.

scientific article published in October 2001

The benefit of evolving a larger brain: big-brained guppies perform better in a cognitive task.

scientific article published on October 2013

The effect of brain size evolution on feeding propensity, digestive efficiency, and juvenile growth

scientific article published on 30 September 2015

The link between relative brain size and cognitive ageing in female guppies (Poecilia reticulata) artificially selected for variation in brain size

scientific article published on 26 December 2020

The link between selection for function and human-directed play behaviour in dogs

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

The mating brain: early maturing sneaker males maintain investment into the brain also under fast body growth in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

scientific article published on 5 June 2014

The role of common ancestry and gene flow in the evolution of human-directed play behaviour in dogs

scientific article published on 04 December 2019

Using activity and sociability to characterize collective motion.

scientific article published in May 2018

Variation in sexual brain size dimorphism over the breeding cycle in the three-spined stickleback

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

Why direct effects of predation complicate the social brain hypothesis: And how incorporation of explicit proximate behavioral mechanisms might help.

scientific article

Within species support for the expensive tissue hypothesis: a negative association between brain size and visceral fat storage in females of the Pacific seaweed pipefish

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

Yes, correct context is indeed the key: An answer to Haave-Audet et al. 2019

scientific article published on 03 November 2019

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