Divergent Sex-Specific Plasticity in Long-Lived Vertebrates with Contrasting Sexual Dimorphism
ABSTRACT: Sex-specific plasticity can profoundly affect sexual size dimorphism (SSD), but its influence in female larger-SSD vertebrates remains obscure. Theory predicts that sex-specific plasticity may drive SSD evolution if the larger sex benefits from optimal-growth conditions when available (con...
- Autores:
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Ceballos Fonseca, Claudia Patricia
Hernández, Omar E
Valenzuela Castro, María Nicole
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2014
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/34679
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10495/34679
- Palabra clave:
- Tortugas
Turtles
Cría de tortugas
Turtle culture
Selección sexual en animales
Sexual selection in animals
Dimorfismo sexual
Sexual dimorphism
Podocnemis expansa
Rensch’s rule
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32659
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/