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The innervation of the male copulatory organ of spiders (Araneae) – a comparative analysis
BACKGROUND: Nervous tissue is an inherent component of the many specialized genital structures for transferring sperm directly into the female’s body. However, the male copulatory organ of spiders was considered a puzzling exception. Based on the recent discovery of nervous tissue in the pedipalps o...
Autores principales: | Dederichs, Tim M., Müller, Carsten H. G., Sentenská, Lenka, Lipke, Elisabeth, Uhl, Gabriele, Michalik, Peter |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31666802 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-019-0337-6 |
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