Who’s zooming who? seminal fluids and cryptic female choice in diptera

Cryptic Female Choice in Arthropods: Patterns, Mechanisms and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 351-384

  Sirot, Laura K ^a   Wolfner, Mariana F ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17894-3_13     Document Type: Chapter

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