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The longer the better: evidence that narwhal tusks are sexually selected

Once thought to be the magical horn of a unicorn, narwhal tusks are one of the most charismatic structures in biology. Despite years of speculation, little is known about the tusk's function, because narwhals spend most of their lives hidden underneath the Arctic ice. Some hypotheses propose th...

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Published in:Biol Lett
Main Authors: Graham, Zackary A., Garde, Eva, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Palaoro, Alexandre V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7115180/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32183636
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0950
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