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        2010.05 구독 인증기관·개인회원 무료
        Sexual dimorphism, the difference between sexes in secondary sexual characters, is in general driven by processes of sexual selection. The horn-headed cricket, Loxoblemmus doenitzi, exhibits sexual dimorphism in head shape, in which males have flat heads and triangular horns on both sides of their heads, whereas females have rounded heads and no horns. We hypothesized that male horns have been evolved due to intra-sexual selection in which males use these horns as weapons in aggressive interactions. To test this hypothesis, we conducted agonistic trials of field-caught males in L.doenitzi. Horn length was significantly correlated with thorax length and hind femur length. During agonistic males aggressively used their horns by beating the opponent’s horns with their horns or by poking the opponent’s body with their horns. However, the result of logistic regression analysis revealed that horn length or horn point frequency were not significant factors for contest outcome. Instead, body size was significant for determining contest outcome