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The function of copulatory plugs in Caenorhabditis remanei: hints for female benefits
BACKGROUND: Mating plugs that males place onto the female genital tract are generally assumed to prevent remating with other males. Mating plugs are usually explained as a consequence of male-male competition in multiply mating species. Here, we investigated whether mating plugs also have collateral...
Autores principales: | Timmermeyer, Nadine, Gerlach, Tobias, Guempel, Christian, Knoche, Johanna, Pfann, Jens F, Schliessmann, Daniel, Michiels, Nico K |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21044286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-28 |
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