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ArticleEcology and evolution2026

Sex-Specific Phenotype-Performance Links: Divergent Correlations Between Morphology, Coloration, and Bite Force in the Mountain Dragon (

Songwen Tan, Ling Li, Wei Gao, Guocheng Shu, Peng Guo, Yayong Wu

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Songwen TanFaculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University Yibin China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1461-6328
Ling LiFaculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University Yibin China.
Wei GaoState Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
Guocheng ShuFaculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University Yibin China.
Peng GuoFaculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University Yibin China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5585-292X
Yayong WuFaculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University Yibin China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2752-4085

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexual dimorphism in lizards arises from the dynamic interplay between natural and sexual selection, manifesting in divergent phenotypic traits across taxa. A key unresolved question is whether the relationship between such sexually dimorphic traits and functional performance also differs between the sexes. This study investigated this question in the mountain dragon (

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bite force performancebody colorationmountain dragonphenotypic traitssexual dimorphism

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PMID41696118
PMCPMC12895089

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