Exploiting a moment of weakness: male spiders escape sexual cannibalism by copulating with moulting females

Sexual cannibalism is a particularly extreme example of conflict between the sexes, depriving the male of future reproduction. Theory predicts that sexual conflict should induce counter-adaptations in the victim. Observations of male spiders mating with moulting and hence largely immobile females su...

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Autores principales: Uhl, Gabriele, Zimmer, Stefanie M., Renner, Dirk, Schneider, Jutta M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26607497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16928

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26607497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16928

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