A biological switching valve evolved in the female of a sex-role reversed cave insect to receive multiple seminal packages

We report a functional switching valve within the female genitalia of the Brazilian cave insect Neotrogla. The valve complex is composed of two plate-like sclerites, a closure element, and in-and-outflow canals. Females have a penis-like intromittent organ to coercively anchor males and obtain volum...

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Autores principales: Yoshizawa, Kazunori, Kamimura, Yoshitaka, Lienhard, Charles, Ferreira, Rodrigo L, Blanke, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2018
Materias:
Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30322447
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.39563

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30322447
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.39563

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