Contribution of Fat-Signaling and Crumbs-Expanded Modules to Exaggerated Growth of Weaponized Mandible in a Stag Beetle and Its Evolutionary Implications
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The weapon trait is typically characterized by an exaggerated body part employed in intrasexual competition, such as male-male combat over mating partners. In the last two decades, EvoDevo studies have engaged in understanding the genetic basis and the evoluti... ...