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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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Udgivet i:J R Soc Interface
Main Authors: Goyens, Jana, Van Wassenbergh, Sam, Dirckx, Joris, Aerts, Peter
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: The Royal Society 2015
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Online adgang: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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