Diversification through gustatory courtship: an X-ray micro-computed tomography study on dwarf spiders
Abstract Background Sexual selection has been considered to promote diversification and speciation. Sexually dimorphic species have been used to explore the supposed effect, however, with mixed results. In dwarf spiders (Erigoninae), many species are sexually dimorphic—males possess marked prosomal...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00435-8 |