Reproductive interference
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Reproductive interference
Figure 1. Examples of reproductive interference. Reproductive interference can be caused by transfer of pollen between different plant species by bees (top left); a young male fur seal attempts to mate with a king penguin (top right); reproductive interference between species of damselfly can drive the evolution of reproductive character displacement (bottom right); mating calls made by males o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.063