Bodybuilding dragonflies: costs and benefits of maximizing flight muscle

James Harold Marden

doi:10.1086/physzool.62.2.30156182

Bodybuilding dragonflies: costs and benefits of maximizing flight muscle

James Harold Marden

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The relationship between flight-muscle ratio (flight-muscle mass/body mass) and aerial competitive ability was studied in Plathemis lydia which double their body mass during adult maturation due primarily to growth of flight muscle in males and growth of ovaries in females. Up to 60% of male body mass is flight muscle. -from Author

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	505-521
Number of pages	17
Journal	Physiological Zoology
Volume	62
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.62.2.30156182
State	Published - 1989

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Physiology
Animal Science and Zoology
Endocrinology
Physiology (medical)

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