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Traumatic insemination and female counter-adaptation in Strepsiptera (Insecta)
In a few insect groups, males pierce the female’s integument with their penis during copulation to transfer sperm. This so-called traumatic insemination was previously confirmed for Strepsiptera but only in species with free-living females. The more derived endoparasitic groups (Stylopidia) were sug...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4850473/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27125507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25052 |