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Extreme Costs of Mating for Male Two-Spot Ladybird Beetles

Male costs of mating are now thought to be widespread. The two-spot ladybird beetle (Adalia bipunctata) has been the focus of many studies of mating and sexual selection, yet the costs of mating for males are unknown. The mating system of A. bipunctata involves a spermatophore nuptial gift ingested...

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Autores principales: Perry, Jennifer C., Tse, Crystal T.
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/PMC3855333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24339980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081934