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Is reduced female survival after mating a by-product of male-male competition in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea?

BACKGROUND: In a number of species males damage females during copulation, but the reasons for this remain unclear. It may be that males are trying to manipulate female mating behaviour or their life histories. Alternatively, damage may be a side-effect of male-male competition. In the black scaveng...

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Autores principales: Teuschl, Y, Hosken, DJ, Blanckenhorn, WU
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17941983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-194