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Genital morphology and fertilization success in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus: an example of sexually selected male genitalia.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Mar 2003

House Clarissa M, Simmons Leigh W

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In animals with internal fertilization and promiscuous mating, male genitalia show rapid and divergent evolution. Three hypotheses have been suggested to explain the evolutionary processes responsible for genital evolution: the lock-and-key hypothesis, the pleiotropy hypothesis and the sexual-selection hypothesis. Here, we determine whether variation in male genital morphology influences fertilization success in...

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PMID: 12641898
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2266
PMCID: PMC1691274

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