Sexual size dimorphism in domestic goats, sheep, and their wild relatives

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 872-883

  Polák, Jakub ^a   Frynta, Daniel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Caprinae; Domestication; Evolution of SSD; Rench's rule; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DIMORPHISM; DOMESTIC SPECIES; DOMESTICATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR; CAPRA AEGAGRUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRINAE; MAMMALIA; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIS ARIES; PANTHOLOPS HODGSONII;

EID: 70450280534     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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