Structural aspects of leg-to-gonopod metamorphosis in male helminthomorph millipedes (Diplopoda)

BACKGROUND: In the adult males of helminthomorph millipedes, one or two pairs of legs in the anterior part of the trunk are strongly modified into sexual appendages (gonopods) used for sperm transfer during the copula. Gonopods differentiate in an advanced phase of post-embryonic development, in mos...

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Autores principales: Drago, Leandro, Fusco, Giuseppe, Garollo, Elena, Minelli, Alessandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21859471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-8-19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21859471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-8-19

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