Vertebrate secondary sexual characteristics - Physiological mechanisms and evolutionary patterns

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-91

  Emerson, Sharon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0034123660     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303370     Document Type: Article

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