Possible evolutionary causes of sexual size dimorphism in Nephila spiders

碩士 === 東海大學 === 生命科學系 === 98 === Extreme female-biased sexual size dimorphism is generally assumed to result from female gigantism as a result of selection for fecundity in spiders. However, the mechanisms that maintain male’s smaller size are still not clear. The giant wood spiders Nephila pilipe...

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Main Authors: Chueh Hou, 侯玨
Other Authors: I-Min Tso
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19103032934635549696