Why do some Australian onychophorans have fantastic heads?

 

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著者: Monge-Nájera, Julián, Barquero-González, Pablo, Morera, Bernal
フォーマット: editorial
出版日付:2019
その他の書誌記述: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.
国:Repositorio UNA
機関:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Repositorio UNA
言語:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:null:11056/26780
オンライン・アクセス:http://hdl.handle.net/11056/26780
キーワード:MALE ONYCHOPHORAN
MODIFIED PAPILLAE
PALPS AND SPINES
MALE GENITAL APPARATUS
ESPERMATÓFORO
SELECCIÓN SEXUAL
REPRODUCCIÓN ANIMAL
ONICÓFOROS
ONYCHOPHORA