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Acquisition of novel muscles enabled protruding and retracting mechanisms of female penis in sex-role reversed cave insects
Brazilian sex-role reversed cave insects (genus Neotrogla) have a striking structure called the gynosome (or female penis), which deeply penetrates male vagina-like genitalia during copulation to receive nutritious semen. However, the protruding and retracting mechanisms of the female penis, includi...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9832286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36686554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220471 |