Sexual and male horn dimorphism in Copris ochus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1082-1085

  Sugiura, Shinji ^a   Yamaura, Yuichi ^a   Makihara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discontinuous; Linear; Major minor morph; Male horn dimorphism; Scaling relationships

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORN; JAPAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; HORNS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

COLEOPTERA; COPRIS OCHUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 37649009643     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1082     Document Type: Article

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