Why do some Australian onychophorans have fantastic heads?
Saved in:
| Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Description: | Males of some Australian onychophorans transfer their spermatophores with spectacular structures in their head, such as pits with palps and spines. No one has explained why these structures allow this species to be identified. Here we propose that, when its head is the genital apparatus, natural selection treats it as a genital apparatus. Probably these fantastic heads of Australian onychophorans are just another case of divergent sexual evolution by sexual selection. |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Inglés Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/36260 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/36260 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Keyword: | male onychophoran modified papillae palps and spines male genital apparatus spermatophore sexual selection onicóforo macho papilas modificadas palpos y espinas aparato genital masculino espermatóforo selección sexual |