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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
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December 7, 2021
Mating, tattoos and leaving home: A tale of growing up guppy
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Trinidadian guppies, conservation biology, dispersal and fitness, faculty, graduate students, research
MSU integrative biologists have added an important piece to nature’s ecological and evolutionary puzzle with an assist from Trinidadian guppies. Assistant Professor Sarah Fitzpatrick and graduate student Isabela Lima Borges helmed an extensive study of Trinidadian guppies to gather elusive data on relatively short swims. This information can help explain the larger mystery of why some individuals leave the safety of home to pursue life elsewhere. Their findings were recently published in the journal Ecology Letters.
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