Ladies First: Coerced Mating in a Fiddler Crab

In some species males increase their reproductive success by forcing females to copulate with them, usually by grasping the female or pinning her to the ground to prevent her from escaping. Here we report an example of males coercing copulation by trapping a female in a confined space. During mate-s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Painting, Christina J., Splinter, William, Callander, Sophia, Maricic, Tim, Peso, Marianne, Backwell, Patricia R. Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27303816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155707

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27303816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155707

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