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Successful mating and hybridisation in two closely related flatworm species despite significant differences in reproductive morphology and behaviour

Reproductive traits are some of the fastest diverging characters and can serve as reproductive barriers. The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano, and its congener M. janickei are closely related, but differ substantially in their male intromittent organ (stylet) morphology. Here, we examine whe...

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Autores principales: Singh, Pragya, Ballmer, Daniel N., Laubscher, Max, Schärer, Lukas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7393371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32732887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69767-5