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Functional morphology of immature mating in a widow spider

BACKGROUND: Mating generally occurs after individuals reach adulthood. In many arthropods including spiders, the adult stage is marked by a final moult after which the genitalia are fully developed and functional. In several widow spider species (genus Latrodectus), however, immature females may mat...

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Autores principales: Sentenská, Lenka, Neumann, Aileen, Lubin, Yael, Uhl, Gabriele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8074507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33902650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00404-1