Divergence in genital morphology may contribute to mechanical reproductive isolation in a millipede

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 334-343

  Wojcieszek, Janine M ^a,b   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lock and key; Male genitalia; Millipede; Population cross; Sexual selection; Species mate recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886283645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.466     Document Type: Article

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