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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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| 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 |