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Costs of weaponry: Unarmed males sire more offspring than armed males in a male‐dimorphic mite
Morphological structures used as weapons in male–male competition are not only costly to develop but are also probably costly to maintain during adulthood. Therefore, having weapons could reduce the energy available for other fitness‐enhancing actions, such as post‐copulatory investment. We tested t...
Autores principales: | Van den Beuken, Tom P. G., Duinmeijer, Chris C., Smallegange, Isabel M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7379726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30422392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13402 |
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