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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...
Autores principales: | Gao, Qionghua, Hua, Baozhen |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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