Drosophila pachea asymmetric lobes are part of a grasping device and stabilize one-sided mating

BACKGROUND: Multiple animal species exhibit morphological asymmetries in male genitalia. In insects, left-right genital asymmetries evolved many times independently and have been proposed to appear in response to changes in mating position. However, little is known about the relationship between mat...

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Autores principales: Rhebergen, Flor T., Courtier-Orgogozo, Virginie, Dumont, Julien, Schilthuizen, Menno, Lang, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27586247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0747-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27586247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0747-4

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