Hidden complexity in the ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in male-larger beetles

Abstract Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is widespread among animals, but its developmental mechanisms are not fully undestood. We investigated the proximate causes of SSD in three male-larger and one monomorphic scarab beetles using detailed monitoring of growth in individual instars. Apart from the f...

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Autores principales: Tomáš Vendl, Petr Šípek, Ondřej Kouklík, Lukáš Kratochvíl
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/a0f9c8ab015b4da69c35fcd1cdae0ad2
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