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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2010
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Online Access: | http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19103032934635549696 |