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SUBMITTER: Piross IS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6536520 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Piross Imre Sándor IS Harnos Andrea A Rózsa Lajos L
Scientific reports 20190527 1
Rensch's rule (RR) postulates that in comparisons across closely related species, male body size relative to female size increases with the average size of the species. This holds true in several vertebrate and also in certain free-living invertebrate taxa. Here, we document the validity of RR in avian lice using three families (Philopteridae, Menoponidae, and Ricinidae). Using published data on the body length of 989 louse species, subspecies, or distinct intraspecific lineages, we applied phyl ...[more]