Maternal effects on male weaponry: female dung beetles produce major sons with longer horns when they perceive higher population density

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At the risk of a double entendre: female dung beetles from dense popns give their sons a bigger horn http://t.co/uhH1zJt2 #evolution

didn't know dung beetles could be any cooler #bmcevolutionarybiology Maternal effects on male weaponry http://t.co/7TqDQypv

Female dung beetles have sons with longer horns when population density increases http://t.co/pV7FTOz8 via @biomedcentral

Female dung beetles have sons with longer horns when population density increases http://t.co/7w8ypxpZ @GulliverTurtle #ecology @hil4r1

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