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No evidence for asymmetric sperm deposition in a species with asymmetric male genitalia

BACKGROUND: Asymmetric genitalia have repeatedly evolved in animals, yet the underlying causes for their evolution are mostly unknown. The fruit fly Drosophila pachea has asymmetric external genitalia and an asymmetric phallus with a right-sided phallotrema (opening for sperm release). The complex o...

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Autores principales: van Gammeren, Sanne, Lang, Michael, Rücklin, Martin, Schilthuizen, Menno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9701498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36447515
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14225