Ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism revisited: Females grow for a longer time and also faster

Sex-specific mechanisms of the determination of insect body sizes are insufficiently understood. Here we use the common heath moth, Ematurga atomaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) to examine how larval growth trajectories differ between males and females. We monitored the development of 1379 larvae in...

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Autores principales: Sõber, Virve, Sandre, Siiri-Lii, Esperk, Toomas, Teder, Tiit, Tammaru, Toomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31013286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215317

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31013286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215317

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