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What’s in the Gift? Towards a Molecular Dissection of Nuptial Feeding in a Cricket

Nuptial gifts produced by males and transferred to females during copulation are common in insects. Yet, their precise composition and subsequent physiological effects on the female recipient remain unresolved. Male decorated crickets Gryllodes sigillatus transfer a spermatophore to the female durin...

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Autores principales: Pauchet, Yannick, Wielsch, Natalie, Wilkinson, Paul A., Sakaluk, Scott K., Svatoš, Aleš, ffrench-Constant, Richard H., Hunt, John, Heckel, David G.
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/PMC4595131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26439494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140191