Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly...

differences between males and females, also known as sexual dimorphism. In shorebirds, various sexual dimorphisms are seen, including, but not limited to, size...

Sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs refers to the different physical characteristics of male and female dinosaurs of the same species. This means that the...

clade (coquettes) displays very little size dimorphism; males and females are similar in size. Sexual dimorphisms in bill size and shape are also present...

About 850 species are freshwater crabs. Crabs often show marked sexual dimorphism. Males often have larger claws, a tendency that is particularly pronounced...

to be used in signaling with other owls in low-light conditions. Sexual dimorphism is a physical difference between males and females of a species. Female...

species may be physically alike (sexual monomorphism) or have physical differences (sexual dimorphism). In sexually dimorphic species, including most...

exhibit sexual dimorphism in skeletal structures. In general, skeletal dimorphism in primates is primarily known as a product of body mass dimorphism. Hence...

PMID 20445093. Frost, Peter (2007). "Human skin‐color sexual dimorphism: A test of the sexual selection hypothesis". American Journal of Physical Anthropology...

ISSN 0025-3162. S2CID 85256742. Saunders, W. B; Spinosa, C. (1978). "Sexual dimorphism in Nautilus from Palau". Paleobiology. 4 (3): 349–358. Bibcode:1978Pbio...

walls and in automobiles. Some tarantula species exhibit pronounced sexual dimorphism. Males tend to be smaller (especially their abdomens, which can appear...

differential exposure to gonadal sex hormones during development. Sexual dimorphism is a term for the phenotypic difference between males and females...

known to display patterns of sexual dimorphism. It is commonly believed that the dimorphisms found in raptors occur due to sexual selection or environmental...

might contribute to their long lifespan. Many species of tortoises are sexually dimorphic, though the differences between males and females vary from species...

Although the subject of sexual dimorphism is not in itself controversial, the measures by which it is assessed differ widely. Most of the measures are...

two sexes emerge the dimorphism in the gamete structures and sizes may lead to further dimorphism in the species. Sexual dimorphism is often caused through...

recent years, evidence for sexual dimorphism has been weakened. A 2005 study reported that previous claims of sexual dimorphism in crocodile chevron anatomy...

costly to females. Sexual coercion has been observed to have consequences, such as intersexual coevolution, speciation, and sexual dimorphism. Harassment is...

directly involved in reproduction. Sexual dimorphism in carnivorans, in which males are larger than females, is common. Sexual selection is frequently cited...

the expression of the dimorphism among primates and the fundamental causes of sexual dimorphism. Primates usually have dimorphism in body mass and canine...

specimens, the sexual dimorphism in size of the American alligator is relatively modest among crocodilians. For contrast, the sexual dimorphism of saltwater...

little sexual dimorphism in canine tooth size. It has been proposed that the receding canine teeth in human males was likely to be a result of sexual selection...

Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths. It is a tan-colored moth, with an...

specific details of their mating systems less well understood. Sexual size dimorphism in Eunectes is the opposite of most other vertebrates. Females are...

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly...

common among species with prominent sexual size dimorphism (SSD); extreme SSD likely drives this trait of sexual cannibalism in spiders. It also sometimes...

features, but older attractive boys also showed tendencies towards sexual dimorphism. Contrary to common misconception, one study finds that non-severe...

seen in groups before and after meeting in overwintering quarters. Sexual dimorphism is relatively limited, although males typically have thicker, curved...

hormone is sexually dimorphic; this is why in many species, adult males are visibly distinct sizes from females. Other striking functional dimorphisms are in...

types of sexual dimorphism have been recorded in crab spiders. Some species exhibit color dimorphisms; however, the most apparent dimorphism is the difference...