Proximate determination of male horn dimorphism in the beetle Onthophagus taurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-37

  Moczek, A P ^a,b   Emlen, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Male dimorphism; Onthophagus; Plasticity; Polyphenism

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH FORM; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABIDAE;

EID: 0032949457     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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