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• Compound mimicry and trading predators by the males of sexually dimorphic Batesian mimics 

  Nelson XJ; Jackson RR (ROYAL SOCIETY, 2006)

  Sexual dimorphism is pronounced in Myrmarachne, a large genus of ant-like jumping spiders (Salticidae) and one of the major animal groups in which Batesian mimicry of ants has evolved. Although adult females and juveniles ...

• Hyperglycaemic preterm babies have sex differences in insulin secretion 

  Dickson, J.L.; Chase, Geoff; Pretty, C.G.; Gunn, C.A.; Alsweiler, J.A. (University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2015)

  Background: Hyperglycaemia is a common complication of prematurity and is associated with neonatal mortality and morbidity, yet the aetiology is incompletely understood. C-peptide has been used in adults to estimate ...

• Testing the predictions of sex allocation hypotheses in dimporphic, cooperatively breeding riflemen 

  Khwaja N; Preston SAJ; Briskie JV; Hatchwell BJ (2018)

  © 2018 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Evolutionary theory predicts that parents should invest equally in the two sexes. If one sex is more costly, a production bias is predicted ...