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Allometry of sexual size dimorphism in turtles: a comparison of mass and length data
BACKGROUND: The macroevolutionary pattern of Rensch’s Rule (positive allometry of sexual size dimorphism) has had mixed support in turtles. Using the largest carapace length dataset and only large-scale body mass dataset assembled for this group, we determine (a) whether turtles conform to Rensch’s...
Autores principales: | Regis, Koy W., Meik, Jesse M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267567/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28149687 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2914 |
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