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SUBMITTER: Matsuda I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7506553 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matsuda Ikki I Stark Danica J DJ Saldivar Diana A Ramirez DAR Tuuga Augustine A Nathan Senthilvel K S S SKSS Goossens Benoit B van Schaik Carel P CP Koda Hiroki H
Communications biology 20200921 1
The uniquely enlarged noses of male proboscis monkeys are prominent adornments, and a sexually selected male trait. A recent study showed significant correlations among nose, body, and testis sizes and clear associations between nose size and the number of females in a male's harem. However, to date, the analyses of other common male traits, i.e., canines, are lacking. Whereas male nose size had a positive correlation with body size, we unexpectedly found a negative correlation between body and ...[more]