Why Lizard Penises Evolve So Fast
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What’s so special about lizard penises? Turns out, a lot.
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Lizard Penises Evolve at Super-Speed
http://www.livescience.com/49368-lizard-penises-evolution-fast.html
“A lizard's penis evolves six times faster than any of its other parts, a new study finds.”
Genitals evolve faster than other traits in Anolis lizards
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzo.12178/pdf
“Male genitalia are thought to be particularly rapidly evolving morphological structures, but there have been few quantitative interspecific comparisons between the evolutionary rates of genital and nongenital traits.”
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