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Fitness consequences of artificial selection on relative male genital size

Male genitalia often show remarkable differences among related species in size, shape and complexity. Across poeciliid fishes, the elongated fin (gonopodium) that males use to inseminate females ranges from 18 to 53% of body length. Relative genital size therefore varies greatly among species. In co...

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Autores principales: Booksmythe, Isobel, Head, Megan L., Keogh, J. Scott, Jennions, Michael D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27188478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11597