Sentences with phrase «peacock tail»

Lüpold says that such interactions underlie the coevolution of sperm - female tract traits observed in numerous taxa: «Giant sperm tails represent the cellular, postcopulatory equivalent of peacock tails, having evolved mainly through female sperm choice.»

The famed naturalist suspected that insect genitalia, which are frequently festooned with bizarre combinations of hooks, spines, and knobs, essentially functioned like peacock tails.

Hard coral crabs, nudibranch, hairy squat lobsters, mantis shrimp, peacock tail anemone shrimp and painted spiny lobsters.

«Forget peacock tails, fruit fly sperm tails are the most extreme ornaments: Researchers explain why ornament may have evolved.»

A team led by Jian Zi of Fudan University in Shanghai examined peacock tail feathers using both an optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope.

The ruffles of this dress look like I have my own tiny, rainbow - colored peacock tail.

With jagged edges and a diagonal thrust, the work calls to mind an oversize, technicolor leaf, or maybe some exaggerated peacock tail.

Not unlike an unfurled peacock tail, the work is brightly colored, dazzling, active and aptly named.

Men behaving nicely: Public Goods as peacock tails.

On the dive sites with our students we have been spotting mainly shrimps — squat shrimps, banded boxer shrimps, translucent cleaner shrimp and peacock tail anemone shrimps.

Peacock tails and deer antlers are modern examples.

A peacock's ornate tail may be the best - known example of a mate - attracting ornament, but a new study finds that peacock tails have nothing on a tail of another kind.

Some people have argued that human head hair serves the purpose of conspicuous consumption much like the peacocks tail.

The model shot online must be pinned to holy heck — I bet if she turned around you'd have a peacock tail worth of material hiding back there.

The macro that we have been spotting around here is squat lobsters, painted spiny lobsters, squat shrimps, anemone shrimps, peacock tail shrimps, crabs, nudibranch, flatworms, ornate and robust ghost pipe fish and so on.

I used Behr's Peacock Tail.