Testing the morphological constraint hypothesis of tail length in the sexually dimorphic Cerastes vipera and new perspectives

The morphological constraint hypothesis (MCH) states that, in snakes, males typically have relatively longer tails than females to accommodate the hemipenes and retractor muscles. To date, most studies testing the MCH have been interspecific and results have been equivocal. We tested the MCH intrasp...

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Autores principales: Sivan, Jaim, Tesler, Itay, Hadad, Shlomo, Degen, Abraham Allan, Geffen, Eli, Kam, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10023687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36932218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31624-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10023687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36932218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31624-6

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