Postmating sexual selection and the enigmatic jawed genitalia of Callosobruchus subinnotatus
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Postmating sexual selection and the enigmatic jawed genitalia of Callosobruchus subinnotatus
Insect genitalia exhibit rapid divergent evolution. Truly extraordinary structures have evolved in some groups, presumably as a result of postmating sexual selection. To increase our understanding of this phenomenon, we studied the function of one such structure. The male genitalia of Callosobruchus subinnotatus (Coleoptera: Bruchinae) contain a pair of jaw-like structures with unknown function...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Open
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2046-6390
DOI: 10.1242/bio.025684