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Virgin Caenorhabditis remanei females are attracted to a coital pheromone released by con-specific copulating males
The gonochoristic soil nematode Caenorhabditis remanei strictly requires copulation for species propagation. Males of this species are sexually promiscuous with females of other species; therefore, we asked in this study whether virgin C. remanei females display evidence of mate choice. We digitally...
Autores principales: | Markert, Mathew, García, Luis René |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Landes Bioscience
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3704448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058874 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/worm.24448 |
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