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Why do male snakes have longer tails than females?

In most snake species, males have longer tails than females of the same body length. The adaptive significance of this widespread dimorphism has attracted much speculation, but few tests. We took advantage of huge mating aggregations of red-sided gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) in sout...

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Auteurs principaux: Shine, R., Olsson, M. M., Moore, I. T., LeMaster, M. P., Mason, R. T.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: 1999
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690340/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0901
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