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One-shot genitalia are not an evolutionary dead end - Regained male polygamy in a sperm limited spider species

BACKGROUND: Monogynous mating systems with extremely low male mating rates have several independent evolutionary origins and are associated with drastic adaptations involving self-sacrifice, one-shot genitalia, genital damage, and termination of spermatogenesis immediately after maturation. The comb...

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Autores principales: Schneider, Jutta M, Michalik, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21740561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-197