A Comparative Analysis of Allometry for Sexual Size Dimorphism¶
Abouheif, & Fairbairn. (1997). A Comparative Analysis of Allometry for Sexual Size Dimorphism: Assessing Rensch's Rule.
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- Rensch's Rule
- Fit the reduced-major-axis slope of larger-sex on smaller-sex mass across the clade and it comes out reliably steeper than 1.0: as primate body size increases, male size increases disproportionately, so dimorphism rises with size exactly as Rensch's rule states, and comparative meta-analyses across many animal clades (birds, ungulates, insects) recover the same above-1.0 slope in male-larger groups
This sourceComparative meta-analysis of 21 animal taxa finding Rensch's rule general and highly significant, and associated with male-biased size dimorphism.
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- Fit the reduced-major-axis slope of larger-sex on smaller-sex mass across the clade and it comes out reliably steeper than 1.0: as primate body size increases, male size increases disproportionately, so dimorphism rises with size exactly as Rensch's rule states, and comparative meta-analyses across many animal clades (birds, ungulates, insects) recover the same above-1.0 slope in male-larger groups
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