The origins and drivers of sexual size dimorphism in sharks
Abstract While sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is abundant in nature, there is huge variation in both the intensity and direction of SSD. SSD results from a combination of sexual selection for large male size, fecundity selection for large female size and ecological selection for either. In most verteb...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2024-03-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11163 |