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14767832

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
Animal genitalia often show distinct developmental and evolutionary relationships with other parts of the body. Morphological observations of 29 sexually dimorphic and monomorphic beetle species in 16 genera of families Scarabaeidae and Lucanidae, Coleoptera, in 53 locations revealed that male genitalia size was consistently and distinctly less variable than that of other body parts within the same population, while it differentiated more readily among different populations than other body parts. The most noticeable genitalia size differentiation occurred in populations that coexisted with morphologically and ecologically similar congeneric species. Such differentiation may indicate selection for reproductive isolation. These characteristics of genitalia morphology may have been instrumental in generating the speciation pattern seen in most beetles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-0147
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
163
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Developmental stability and adaptive variability of male genitalia in sexually dimorphic beetles.
pubmed:affiliation
Food Resources Education and Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Uzurano, Kasai, 675-2103, Japan. kkawano@kobe-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study