First Case of Dual Size Asymmetry in an Identical Arthropod Organ: Different Asymmetries of the Combative (Sexual) and Cutting (Non-Sexual) Parts of Mandibles in the Horned Stored-Product Beetle Gnatocerus cornutus (Fabricius, 1798)

Although it is known that separate insect body structures may be asymmetrical within one species, the different functional asymmetries within a single organ as a result of differential selective regimes have not been described. Based on microscopic measurements and SEM photography, we examined the s...

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Autores principales: Vendl, Tomas, Stejskal, Vaclav, Aulicky, Radek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30380611
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects9040151

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30380611
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects9040151

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