Convergent evolution of sexual shape dim
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Russell Bonduriansky
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Several patterns of sexual shape dimorphism, such as male body elongation, eye stalks, or extensions of the exoskeleton, have evolved repeatedly in the true flies (Diptera). Although these dimorphisms may have evolved in response to sexual selection on male body shape, conserved genetic