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Patterns of sexual dimorphism in Mexican alligator lizards, Barisia imbricata

We compare morphological characteristics of male and female Barisia imbricata, Mexican alligator lizards, and find that mass, head length, coloration, incidence of scars from conspecifics, tail loss, and frequency of bearing the color/pattern of the opposite sex are all sexually dimorphic traits. Ov...

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Autores principales: Dashevsky, Daniel, Meik, Jesse M, Mociño-Deloya, Estrella, Setser, Kirk, Schaack, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23467394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.455