• 식물분류학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2023

Menyanthes trifoliata L., a heterostyly plant, is an endangered species in Korea. Floral morphology has been published for M. trifoliata, but few works have concentrated on pollen dimorphism differences accompanied by floral dimorphism. Here, we conducted a comparative morphological study of two morphs to investigate a dimorphism system with Korean populations. Pollen morphological characteristics were observed with a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope. For the pin type, pollen size is 36.01 ± 2.01 ㎛, whereas for the thrum type it is 41.28 ± 2.58 ㎛ in terms of the equatorial diameter. The two morphs have a small apocolpium field at 5.62 ± 0.30 for the pin type and 6.24 ± 0.70 for the thrum type. The configuration of the aperture was tricolpate with a striate ridge in the two morphs. However, they have different pollen shapes and sizes, stigma shapes, and apocolpium sizes. M. trifoliata only has different pollen sizes and shapes between European populations and Korean populations. Nevertheless, Korean populations also show pollen dimorphism correlated with their floral dimorphism.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.992-996
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• 1997

Study on sexual dimorphism in Littorphism in Littorina brevicula should be interesting to examine that how the species prevent niche-overlap between the sexes? and how the species act differently in the reproductive roles of the sexes? Sexual dimorphism on the shell of L. brevicula was examined with 211 periwinkles larger than 5 mm shell length in Pusan, Korea. Sexual dimorphism was detected in the aperture length only. Aperture length of the female was longer than that of the male. A difference in the sexual role in the reproduction seems to be a probable explanation for the sexual dimorphism in the aperture length. The reproductive role of the male is to choose the best female and to transfer the sperm successfully by copulation, and the role of the female is to spawn their fertilised eggs into the seawater successfully. Perhaps females migrate to lower elevations on the shore than the males, so that they are submerged when they spawn. Because wave action at the lower area of the shore is stranger than that at the higher area on the shore, the females might need larger aperture size than the males to avoid dislodgement.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.77-80
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• 2004

To investigate the effect of host egg color dimorphism on the vinous-throated parrotbill (Paradoxornis webbianus) - common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) interactions, we monitored breeding nests of vinous-throated parrotbills, and conducted model egg experiments, using two colors: white and blue. Of the 190 nests examined in this study, cuckoo parasitism occurred at 10 nests (8 blue and 2 white egg clutches, respectively), and only blue cuckoo eggs were found. This frequency was similar to the egg-color ratio of all host nests found (151 blue and 39 white egg clutches). Vinous-throated parrotbills showed high rejection rate towards both cuckoo eggs and model ones. There was a significant difference in rejection rates towards mimetic (blue) and non-mimetic (white) eggs in blue egg clutches. Mimetic eggs put in nests took significantly longer to be rejected than non-mimetic ones. The most common rejection method used by the hosts was egg ejection (puncture-ejection). The costs of ejecting non-mimetic eggs tended to be lower than those of ejecting mimetic eggs. These results indicate that egg-color dimorphism in this species favors the individuals having white egg clutches in terms of higher rejection rate and lower ejection costs of the parasitic eggs. This study also suggests that egg-color dimorphism of the vinous-throated parrotbill decreases the effect of cuckoo parasitism on host populations.

• 환경생물
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.515-520
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• 2017

Sexual dimorphism of the mouthpart, antenna and mandible of the Cyllorhynchites ursulus in South Korea was studied with linear measurements. The mouthpart and antenna measurements were conducted with a stereoscopic microscope using 122 specimens (72 males and 50 females). Microscopic observation of the mandible were conducted with a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) using 103 specimens (73 males and 30 females). Results showed that the size difference between males and females was significant in the size of the mouthpart and antenna. On the other hand, we could not detect sexual size dimorphism in the microstructure of the mandible. The bivariate plots made by the result of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Discriminant Analysis (DA) showed a size dimorphism in the size of the mouthpart and the antenna between males and females. Based on our study, sexual dimorphism in the mouthpart and antenna exists in C. ursulus from the South Korean population, and this difference seems to be related to the behavioral differences between males and females.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.186.2-187
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• 2003

A sexual dimorphism in terbufos (S-t-butylthiomethyl-O,O-diethyl phosphorodithioate: TBF) toxicity was not reported and remains unclear. Previously. we reported that TBF treatment showed sexual dimorphic effects on acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity. We further investigated that sexual dimorphism of TBF was affected to age and brain-regional selectivity, and whether ovary plays an important role in the effect. (omitted)

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.260-265
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• 1990

강원도 강릉 남대천과 옥계 수림천에서 채집된 가시고기와 잔가시고기를 대상으로 외부형태의 성적 이형을 조사하였다. 조사된 형질 중 가장 뚜렷한 성적 이형을 나타내는 것은 체장에 대한 두장의 비율로서, 수컷의 두장이 암컷의 것보다 더 긴 것으로 나타났다. 그 밖에 문장 / 체장, 항문부 체고 / 체장의 비율에서도 암수간의 차이를 나타내는 경향이 있었다. 이들 어류에서 두장의 성적 이형이 나타나는 원인을 동물행동학적인 면에서 논의하였다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.176-189
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• 2017

경기도 가평군의 가평천 일대에서 2016년 9월과 2017년 2, 4월에 쉬리 245개체를 채집하여 이석과 전장빈도분포법을 이용한 연령추정과 23가지의 계측형질을 이용하여 연령에 따른 성적이형을 조사하였다. 연령추정 결과 만 2년생부터 만 4년생의 비율이 높았고 만 5년생이 최대연령이었다. 23개의 계측형질 중 9개의 형질에서 성별 간에 유의한 차이가 있었다. 이중 뒷지느러미에서 나타나는 성적이형은 수컷의 뒷지느러미 연조가 길게 신장되어 뒷지느러미 폭과 길이가 암컷에 비해 넓고 긴 특징을 보이는 주요한 성적이형으로 나타났다. 또한 산란기에 수컷개체는 뒷지느러미의 연조에 추성이 발달하는 성적이형을 나타내었으나 뒷지느러미를 제외한 다른 계측형질과 외부형질에서 성별에 따른 성적이형이 나타나지 않았다. 성적으로 성숙하는 만 2년생 개체부터 성적이형이 나타났으며, 당년생 치어와 만 1년생 개체에서는 성적이형이 나타나지 않았다. 산란기는 4월에서 5월이었으며, 만 2세부터 산란에 참여하였다. 주요 산란 연령은 만 3세부터였으며, 최대 생식소 도지수(GSI)는 만 5세에서 암컷 14.91, 수컷 8.96으로 나타났다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.14-21
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• 1996

Cottus poecilopus Heckel의 성적 이형을 조사하기 위하여 치악산 계류에서 1993년 1월 부터 1994년 4월까지 조사를 실시하였다. 연령별 암수의 체장 구성비에 있어서 수컷이 암컷 보다 다소 컸으며, 뒷지느러미, 배지느러미, 가슴지느러미의 길이와 입의 크기에 있어 수컷이 암컷보다 길다. 혼인색(nuptial color)과 생식적 유두(genital papilla)는 수컷에서만 존재한다. 암컷은 산란시 큰 수컷을 선호하며, 큰 수컷은 수정란을 보호하고 수류를 일으키는데 우세하며 수정난 생존에 유리하게 작용한다. 또한 큰 입은 산란장을 형성하거나 보호하는데 이점이 있다. 이러한 성적 형태의 차이는 본종의 성적 선택의 결과에 의해 기인된 것으로 생각된다.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.447-452
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• 2017

A closely associated set of characteristics was analyzed using both classical and truss dimensions to discriminate sexual dimorphism between spawning season and non spawning season in grass puffer, Takifugu niphobles. In non-spawning season, $1{\times}10/Ls$ of classical dimension was significantly different between male and female (P<0.05). In spawning season, $1{\times}9/Ls$ and $1{\times}10/Ls$ of classical dimension, $3{\times}8/Ls$, $3{\times}9/Ls$, $3{\times}10/Ls$, $4{\times}8/Ls$, $4{\times}9/Ls$ and $8{\times}9/Ls$ of truss dimension and $7{\times}9/HL$ of head part dimension were significantly different between male and female (P<0.05). The results of this study may be useful as basic information of other fish species to compare the change of sexual dimorphism between spawning season and non spawning season.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.277-284
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• 2023

Seventy Pipistrellus abramus samples were caught to analyze their sexual dimorphism and mophological characteristics. The mean HB and FA were 50.86 mm and 34.93 mm, respectively, based on external measurements and skull shape. The length of the TL, Hfcu, and Tra were approximately 70%, 55.6%, and 38% of the HB, Tib, and E, respectively. Both the lambdoid crest and the sagittal crest were well developed and the H.BC was approximately 84% of the W.BC. P2 was inside the toothrow and metacone of canine was clearly visible. According to the analysis of sexual dimorphism, the following characteristics were different in between males and females: WS, C-M³, C-C, M³-M³, LOM, LUC, and i-m³. The WS, C-M³, C-C, M³-M³, LOM, and i-m³ were bigger in females than males, whereas the LUC was bigger in males.