Variation in pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection on male genital size in two species of lygaeid bug

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LDLiam R. Dougherty
Liam R. Dougherty

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2 March 2016

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Published by Springer Nature in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Vol. 70 (4) , 625-637
DOI:10.1007/s00265-016-2082-6
PMID:27069302
PMCID:PMC4788681

Abstract

Sexual selection has been shown to be the driving force behind the evolution of the sometimes extreme and elaborate genitalia of many species. Sexual selec

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Natural Environment Research Council (456789)

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