CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION PROVIDE MORE EVIDENCE FOR REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT IN A WOOD CRICKET GRYLLUS FULTONI (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLIDAE)

Convergent and divergent patterns of morphological differentiation provide more evidence for reproductive character displacement in a wood cricket Gryllus fultoni (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

Abstract Background In ecological character displacement, traits involved in reproductive isolation may not evolve in arbitrary directions when changes in these traits are by-products of adaptation to an ecological niche.In reproductive character displacement, however, selection acts directly on reproductive characters to enhance the degree of repr

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Parenting Styles, Prosocial, and Aggressive Behavior: The Role of Emotions in Offender and Non-offender Adolescents

The aim is to analyse the parenting styles effects (acceptance, negative control and negligence) on prosociality and aggressive behavior in adolescents through the mediator variables empathy and emotional instability, and also, if this model fits to the same extent when we study adolescents institutionalized due to problems with the law and adolesc

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