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The Functional Significance of Chiral Genitalia: Patterns of Asymmetry, Functional Morphology and Mating Success in the Praying Mantis Ciulfina baldersoni

Genital asymmetry is relatively common and widespread throughout the animal kingdom. The functional significance of genital asymmetry is however, poorly understood for most species. Male praying mantids of the genus Ciulfina are remarkable in possessing complex and directionally asymmetric genital p...

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Autores principales: Holwell, Gregory I., Kazakova, Olga, Evans, Felicity, O’Hanlon, James C., Barry, Katherine L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26107629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128755