Mate plugging via genital mutilation in nephilid spiders: An evolutionary hypothesis

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-266

  Kuntner, M ^a,b   Kralj Fiser S ^a   Schneider, J M ^c   Li, D ^d  

^a Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   (Slovenia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arms race; Herennia multipuncta; Nephila pilipes; Plugging; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARMS RACE; CASTRATION; COPULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA; NEPHILA PILIPES;

EID: 62749175138     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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