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The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in the house finch. IV. Population divergence in ontogeny.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Dec 2001
Badyaev A V, Hill G E, Whittingham L A
Abstract excerpt
Differences among taxa in sexual size dimorphism of adults can be produced by changes in distinct developmental processes and thus may reflect different evolutionary histories. Here we examine whether divergence in sexual dimorphism of adults between recently established Montana and Alabama populations of the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) can be attributed to population differences in growth of males and...
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