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Overcoming mechanical adversity in extreme hindleg weapons

The size of sexually selected weapons and their performance in battle are both critical to reproductive success, yet these traits are often in opposition. Bigger weapons make better signals. However, due to the mechanical properties of weapons as lever systems, increases in size may inhibit other me...

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Autores principales: O’Brien, Devin M., Boisseau, Romain P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6221328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30403752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206997