Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology
Abstract Traumatic insemination is a mating behavior during which the (sperm) donor uses a traumatic intromittent organ to inject an ejaculate through the epidermis of the (sperm) recipient, thereby frequently circumventing the female genitalia. Traumatic insemination occurs widely across animals, b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022-02-01
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| Series: | Evolution Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.268 |