Muscle mass drives cost in sexually selected arthropod weapons

Sexually selected weapons often function as honest signals of fighting ability. If poor-quality individuals produce high-quality weapons, then receivers should focus on other, more reliable signals. Cost is one way to maintain signal integrity. The costs of weapons tend to increase with relative wea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proc Biol Sci
Hauptverfasser: O'Brien, Devin M., Boisseau, Romain P., Duell, Meghan, McCullough, Erin, Powell, Erin C., Somjee, Ummat, Solie, Sarah, Hickey, Anthony J., Holwell, Gregory I., Painting, Christina J., Emlen, Douglas J.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Royal Society 2019
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Evolution
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6599981/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31238851
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1063
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