independent of one another. Social cues, however, such as the mate choice of conspecifics,
may also play an important role in such decisions. Previous work has shown that female
guppies of similar age copy each other's choice of mates. Here we examine the effect of
relative age on mate choice copying in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata, and examine whether
younger individuals are more likely to copy the mate choice of older conspecifics than vice …