Female genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia

Although male genital shape is known to evolve rapidly in response to sexual selection, relatively little is known about the evolution of female genital shape. Here, the authors show that across onthophagine dung beetles, female genital shape has diverged much more rapidly than male genital shape.

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Autores principales:	Leigh W. Simmons, John L. Fitzpatrick
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/884fe0f9ffef40498fd2c7c65a32bdc9
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:884fe0f9ffef40498fd2c7c65a32bdc92021-12-02T15:35:36ZFemale genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia10.1038/s41467-019-09353-02041-1723https://doaj.org/article/884fe0f9ffef40498fd2c7c65a32bdc92019-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09353-0https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Although male genital shape is known to evolve rapidly in response to sexual selection, relatively little is known about the evolution of female genital shape. Here, the authors show that across onthophagine dung beetles, female genital shape has diverged much more rapidly than male genital shape.Leigh W. SimmonsJohn L. FitzpatrickNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
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description	Although male genital shape is known to evolve rapidly in response to sexual selection, relatively little is known about the evolution of female genital shape. Here, the authors show that across onthophagine dung beetles, female genital shape has diverged much more rapidly than male genital shape.
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title	Female genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia
title_short	Female genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia
title_full	Female genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia
title_fullStr	Female genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia
title_full_unstemmed	Female genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia
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Female genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia

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