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Cost of flight and the evolution of stag beetle weaponry

Male stag beetles have evolved extremely large mandibles in a wide range of extraordinary shapes. These mandibles function as weaponry in pugnacious fights for females. The robust mandibles of Cyclommatus metallifer are as long as their own body and their enlarged head houses massive, hypertrophied...

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Publicat a:J R Soc Interface
Autors principals: Goyens, Jana, Van Wassenbergh, Sam, Dirckx, Joris, Aerts, Peter
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: The Royal Society 2015
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424704/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878126
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0222
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