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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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I publikationen:Sci Rep
Huvudupphovsman: Cordero-Rivera, Adolfo
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Länkar: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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