Allometry of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Domestic Dog

BACKGROUND: The tendency for male-larger sexual size dimorphism (SSD) to scale with body size – a pattern termed Rensch's rule – has been empirically supported in many animal lineages. Nevertheless, its theoretical elucidation is a subject of debate. Here, we exploited the extreme morphological...

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Autores principales: Frynta, Daniel, Baudyšová, Jana, Hradcová, Petra, Faltusová, Kateřina, Kratochvíl, Lukáš
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23049956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046125