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DON'T FORGET THE BIOLOGY: A REPLY TO GREEN
Author(s) -
Eberhard W. G.,
Huber B. A.,
Rodriguez R. L.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05428.x
Subject(s) - entomology , library science , biology , natural history , humanities , art history , ecology , history , art , computer science
arguments (see Abstract) are unaffected by the reanalysis proposed by Green (1999), even if it were more appropriate than ours, which we doubt (see below). In neither our OLS regressions nor Green’s reduced major axis (RMA) regressions are the slopes of genitalia greater than those of other body parts, as would be expected if gen- italia were used as weapons in forceful intraspecific battles (the male-female conflict hypothesis) or as signals of male size (good viability genes hypothesis). Instead, the slopes show a statistically significant trend to be lower in both an- alyses. In addition, neither we nor Green found differences