Integrated phenotypes: understanding trait covariation in plants and animals

WS Armbruster, C Pélabon… - … Transactions of the …, 2014‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Integration and modularity refer to the patterns and processes of trait interaction and
independence. Both terms have complex histories with respect to both conceptualization …

Evolution of morphological allometry

C Pélabon, C Firmat, GH Bolstad… - Annals of the new …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Morphological allometry refers to patterns of covariance between body parts resulting from
variation in body size. Whether measured during growth (ontogenetic allometry), among …

[PDF][PDF] Are a prominent sternite, coleopod spine length, and spine number related to mating frequencies in Centrobolus Cook, 1897?

MI Cooper - … Journal of Engineering Science Invention Research& …, 2022‏ - researchgate.net
The red millipede genus Centrobolus is well known for studies on sexual size dimorphism
(SSD) and displays prolonged copulation durations for pairs of individuals of the species[4 …

[کتاب][B] Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects

LW Simmons - 2002‏ - degruyter.com
One hundred years after Darwin considered how sexual selection shapes the behavioral
and morphological characteristics of males for acquiring mates, Parker realized that sexual …

Ordinary least squares regression is indicated for studies of allometry

JT Kilmer, RL Rodríguez - Journal of evolutionary biology, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
When it comes to fitting simple allometric slopes through measurement data, evolutionary
biologists have been torn between regression methods. On the one hand, there is the …

Sexual selection and genital evolution

DJ Hosken, P Stockley - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2004‏ - cell.com
Genitalia are conspicuously variable, even in closely related taxa that are otherwise
morphologically very similar. Explaining genital diversity is a longstanding problem that is …

Behavioral causes and consequences of sexual size dimorphism

WU Blanckenhorn - Ethology, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
(Invited Article) Abstract Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is widespread and variable among
animals. According to the differential equilibrium model, SSD in a given species is expected …

Sexual selection and genital evolution

LW Simmons - Austral Entomology, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Male genitalia show patterns of divergent evolution, and sexual selection is recognised as
being responsible for this taxonomically widespread phenomenon. Much of the empirical …

Allometric constraints and the evolution of allometry

KL Voje, TF Hansen, CK Egset, GH Bolstad… - …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Morphological traits often covary within and among species according to simple power laws
referred to as allometry. Such allometric relationships may result from common growth …

Sexual selection and allometry: a critical reappraisal of the evidence and ideas

R Bonduriansky - Evolution, 2007‏ - academic.oup.com
One of the most pervasive ideas in the sexual selection literature is the belief that sexually
selected traits almost universally exhibit positive static allometries (ie, within a sample of …