Skulls, Teeth, and Sex

• Main Authors: Loch, Carolina, Fordyce, R. Ewan, Werth, Alexander
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; The Tusk; narwhal*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_3; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_3

Abstract Males and females of a species may differ in external appearance or other features. Sexual dimorphism often relates to mating behavior, via male-male competition for access to females (through direct fighting and/or indirect display), female choice of mates, or sexual conflict. In many mamm...