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A Comparative Analysis of the Morphology and Evolution of Permanent Sperm Depletion in Spiders

Once thought to be energetically cheap and easy to produce, empirical work has shown that sperm is a costly and limited resource for males. In some spider species, there is behavioral evidence that sperm are permanently depleted after a single mating. This extreme degree of mating investment appears...

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Autores principales: Michalik, Peter, Rittschof, Clare C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3019211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21264312
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016014