New on the PLOS Ecology Blog: What Does a Dewlap Do?

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Written By maryb
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Photo: കാക്കര, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.Dewlaps are loose flaps of skin that hang from the neck. The dewlaps of lizards and birds play a role in sexual signaling and selection, but the dewlaps of antelopes might serve a different purpose. Read the whole story on the PLOS Ecology Blog: What Does a Dewlap Do?

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