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The baubellum is more developmentally and evolutionarily labile than the baculum

Understanding the evolutionary forces that influence sexual dimorphism is a fundamental goal in biology. Here, we focus on one particularly extreme example of sexual dimorphism. Many mammal species possess a bone in their penis called a baculum. The female equivalent of this bone is called the baube...

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Published in:Ecol Evol
Main Authors: Lough‐Stevens, Michael, Schultz, Nicholas G., Dean, Matthew D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5773289/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29375780
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3634
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