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Co-Evolution of the Mating Position and Male Genitalia in Insects: A Case Study of a Hangingfly

Hangingflies are unique for the male providing a nuptial gift to the female during mating and taking a face-to-face hanging copulation with the female. Their male genitalia are peculiar for an extremely elongated penisfilum, a pair of well-developed epandrial lobes (9th tergum), and a pair of degene...

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Autores principales: Gao, Qionghua, Hua, Baozhen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24312490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080651

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