Reproductive skew drives patterns of sexual dimorphism in sponge-dwelling snapping shrimps

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1809, 2015, Pages

  Chi Chak, Solomon Tin ^a   Emmett Duffy, J ^a,c   Rubenstein, Dustin R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eusociality; Operational sex ratio; Reproductive suppression; Sexual dimorphism; Sociality

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHRIMP CULTURE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ALPHEIDAE; HEXAPODA; SYNALPHEUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85047580555     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0342     Document Type: Article

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