Vertically inherited microbiota and environment‐modifying behaviors indirectly shape the exaggeration of secondary sexual traits in the gazelle dung beetle

Abstract Many organisms actively manipulate the environment in ways that feed back on their own development, a process referred to as developmental niche construction. Yet, the role that constructed biotic and abiotic environments play in shaping phenotypic variation and its evolution is insufficien...

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Main Authors: Patrick T. Rohner, Armin P. Moczek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-11-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10666