A possible explanation for one of the most general trends in animal evolution - rapid divergent evolution of animal genitalia - is that male genitalia are used as courtship devices that influence cryptic female choice. But ...
One of the most sweeping of all patterns in morphological evolution is that animal genitalia tend to diverge more rapidly than do other structures. Abundant indirect evidence supports the cryptic female choice (CFC) ...
Briceño, R. Daniel; Wegrzynek, D.; Chinea-Cano, E.; Eberhard, William G.; Rolo, T. dos Santos(2010)
Shon (2009, Ethology Ecology Evolution 21: 161-172) pointed out that in order to understand the functional morphology of sexually selected structures that are used as signaling devices in birds, it is crucial to understand ...
