Allometry for sexual size dimorphism: Testing two hypotheses for Rensch's rule in the water strider Aquarius remigis

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Fairbairn, Daphne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive canalization; Allometry; Gerridae; Phenotypic plasticity; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HETEROPTERA; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 26644467463     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/444600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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