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<journal-id>0120-548X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Biológica Colombiana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta biol.Colomb.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-548X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-548X2021000300393</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/abc.v26n3.88388</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[DIMORFISMO SEXUAL EN TAMAÑO Y FORMA EN UNA POBLACIÓN DE ESCÍNCIDOS DE COLA AZUL DEL GÉNERO Plestiodon (SCINCIDAE)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Sexual size and shape dimorphism in a population of blue-tailed skinks of the genus Plestiodon (Scincidae)]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[FERIA-ORTIZ]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[PÉREZ-MALVÁEZ]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[BRIBIESCA-ESCUTIA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guadalupe]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[RAMÍREZ-MORALES]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Emmanuel Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>393</fpage>
<lpage>403</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-548X2021000300393&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-548X2021000300393&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-548X2021000300393&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En este estudio, investigamos el dimorfismo sexual en el tamaño corporal (longitud hocico cloaca) y rasgos morfológicos (cabeza, cuello, tronco y extremidades) en una población de escíncidos pertenecientes a una especie recién descubierta del género Plestiodon. Además, se determinaron las trayectorias alométricas de los rasgos corporales que mostraron dimorfismo sexual y se discute su importancia en la expresión de las diferencias sexuales encontradas. Se realizó una prueba de t de student para detectar diferencias significativas en la LHC y se siguió un enfoque multivariado para investigar el dimorfismo sexual en los otros caracteres examinados. Se utilizó regresión por ejes principales reducidos (SMA) para determinar las trayectorias alométricas correspondientes. No se detectó dimorfismo sexual en la longitud hocico cloaca y masa corporal. La longitud y ancho de la cabeza, la longitud del cuello y la longitud de las extremidades traseras fueron mayores en machos que en hembras; en contraste, se encontró el patrón opuesto en el caso de la longitud del tronco (axila-ingle). Se detectaron relaciones isométricas, así como alométricas positivas y negativas entre los rasgos analizados. Sin embargo, únicamente el dimorfismo sexual en el ancho de la cabeza fue afectado por sus trayectorias de crecimiento.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In this study, we investigated sexual dimorphism in body size (snout-vent length) and morphological traits (head, neck, trunk, and limbs) in a population of skinks belonging to a newly discovered species of genus Plestiodon. In addition, we determined the allometric trajectories of body traits that showed sexual dimorphism and discussed their importance in the expression of the sexual differences found. A Student's t-test was performed to detect different significant in the SVL and a multivariate approach was followed to investigate sexual dimorphism in the other characters examined. Reduced major axis regression (SMA) were used to determine the corresponding allometric trajectories. No sexual dimorphism was detected in the snout-vent length and body mass. The length and width of the head, the length of the neck and the length of the hind limbs were greater in males than in females; by contrast, the opposite pattern was found in the case of trunk length. Isometric relationships were detected, as well as positive and negative allometric relationships between the traits analyzed. However, only sexual dimorphism in the head width was affected by their growth trajectories.]]></p></abstract>
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