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Left-handed sperm removal by male Calopteryx damselflies (Odonata)

Male genitalia in several insect species are asymmetry in right and left shape. However, the function of such asymmetric male genitalia is still unclear. We found that the male genitalia of the damselfly Calopteryx cornelia (Odonata: Calopterygidae) are morphologically symmetric just after emergence...

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Autores principales: Tsuchiya, Kaori, Hayashi, Fumio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3976488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24711986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-144