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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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Autores principales: Cheng, Zixin, Kamimura, Yoshitaka, Ferreira, Rodrigo L., Lienhard, Charles, Yoshizawa, Kazunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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