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Sex differences in phenotypic plasticity affect variation in sexual size dimorphism in insects: from physiology to evolution.

Annual review of entomology - 1 Jan 2010

Stillwell R Craig, Blanckenhorn Wolf U, Teder Tiit, Davidowitz Goggy, Fox Charles W

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Males and females of nearly all animals differ in their body size, a phenomenon called sexual size dimorphism (SSD). The degree and direction of SSD vary considerably among taxa, including among populations within species. A considerable amount of this variation is due to sex differences in body size plasticity. We examine how variation in these sex differences is generated by exploring sex differences in...

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PMID: 19728836
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-112408-085500
PMCID: PMC4760685

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