Bending for love: losses and gains of sexual dimorphisms are strictly correlated with changes in the mounting position of sepsid flies (Sepsidae: Diptera)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sexually dimorphic structures contribute the largest number of morphological differences between closely related insect species thus implying that these structures evolve fast and are involved in speciation. The current literature fo...

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Main Authors: Meier Rudolf, Su Kathy, Puniamoorthy Nalini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/155