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Sex-specific rejection in mate-guarding pair formation in the intertidal copepod, Tigriopus californicus

Securing a potential mate is one of the most important processes in sexual reproduction of animals. Intertidal copepods of the genus Tigriopus show mate-guarding behavior where a male captures a female and continues to clasp her for up to two weeks prior to copulation. Although these copepods form a...

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Autores principales: Tsuboko-Ishii, Satomi, Burton, Ronald S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28832683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183758