Male sexual ornament size is positively associated with reproductive morphology and enhanced fertility in the stalk-eyed fly Teleopsis dalmanni

BACKGROUND: Exaggerated male ornaments and displays often evolve in species where males only provide females with ejaculates during reproduction. Although "good genes" arguments are typically invoked to explain this phenomenon, a simpler alternative is possible if variation in male reprodu...

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Autores principales: Rogers, David W, Denniff, Matthew, Chapman, Tracey, Fowler, Kevin, Pomiankowski, Andrew
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18710553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-236

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18710553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-236

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