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The macroevolutionary dynamics of mammalian sexual size dimorphism

Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is a common phenomenon across the animal kingdom. Mammals are unusual in primarily displaying male-biased SSD, where males of a species are typically larger than females. The driving factors behind the evolution of this SSD have been much debated, with popular hypotheses...

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Autores principales: Jones, Megan E., Sheard, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10646455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37964522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1211