Does large body size in males evolve to facilitate forcible insemination? A study on garter snakes

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2426-2432

  Shine, Richard ^a   Mason, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercive mating; Reptile; Sexual conflict; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 28644447222     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00952.x     Document Type: Article

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