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Sexual conflict and the evolution of genitalia: male damselflies remove more sperm when mating with a heterospecific female
In Calopteryx damselflies, males remove rivals’ sperm stored by the female, thereby reducing sperm competition. This behaviour may create a sexual conflict, because females could lose the sperm stored in the spermatheca, used for long-term storage. Comparative evidence suggested antagonistic coevolu...
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| Publicado en: | Sci Rep |
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| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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| Acceso en liña: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552684/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28798399 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08390-3 |
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