Sexual Selection and Genital Evolution in Mammals: A Phylogenetic Analysis of Baculum Length

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2007-01-19

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1086/510688PMID 17238128
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