My recent paper (with Dave Shuker) in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology is now online. In it we measure the strength of selection on the length of the penis in two lygaeid bug species. Interestingly, in one of the species we found pre-copulatory selection on penis length, which was unexpected given that the penis is stored inside the body prior to mating. The strength of this selection was also influenced by the number of males competing for each female. You can read it the full-text here or here.
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