A mammals-wide study found no support for Rensch’s rule, a commonly-tested ecological rule that posits that sexual size dimorphism is greater in larger species if males are larger, and in smaller species if females are larger.
Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738469
In this new Historical Perspective, Ken S. Toyama describes how the original definition of Rensch's rule, which has been overlooked for decades, can impact the way we study sexual dimorphism. Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735583
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