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Potential costs of heterospecific sexual interactions in golden orbweb spiders (Nephila spp.)

Though not uncommon in other animals, heterospecific mating is rarely reported in arachnids. We investigated sexual interactions among four closely related and syntopical African golden orbweb spiders, Nephila inaurata, N. fenestrata, N. komaci, and N. senegalensis. In two South African localities,...

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Autores principales: Quiñones-Lebrón, Shakira G., Kralj-Fišer, Simona, Gregorič, Matjaž, Lokovšek, Tjaša, Čandek, Klemen, Haddad, Charles R., Kuntner, Matjaž
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5109271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27845369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36908

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