Precisely proportioned: Intertidal barnacles alter penis form to suit coastal wave action

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1638, 2008, Pages 1081-1087

  Neufeld, Christopher J ^a,b   Palmer, A Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genitalia; Marine invertebrate; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity; Sexual selection; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SESSILE SPECIES; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; WAVE;

ARTICLE; BALANUS GLANDULA; BARNACLE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; BALANUS GLANDULA; INVERTEBRATA; THORACICA;

EID: 40549115991     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1760     Document Type: Article

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