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The evolution of sexual dimorphism in New Zealand giant moa (Dinornis) and other ratites

The extinct giant moa Dinornis is one of the most remarkable known examples of reversed sexual size dimorphism (RSD), with males weighing 34–85 kg, but females weighing up to 240 kg. However, there has been little consideration of the evolutionary mechanism that produced this level of dimorphism, an...

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Main Authors: Olson, Valérie A., Turvey, Samuel T.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652460/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23576789
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0401
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