Sexual selection and genital evolution in mammals: A phylogenetic analysis of baculum length

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 360-369

  Ramm, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Baculum; Genitalia; Mammals; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPULATION; EVOLUTION; MALE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; CARNIVORA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MATE CHOICE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; CARNIVORA; CHIROPTERA; GENITALIA, MALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MAMMALS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENTIA; SELECTION, GENETIC; TESTIS;

BACULUM; GLANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 33847389794     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510688     Document Type: Article

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