Sex-specific rejection in mate-guarding pair formation in the intertidal copepod, Tigriopus californicus.

Securing a potential mate is one of the most important processes in sexual reproduction of animals. Intertidal copepods of the genus Tigriopus show mate-guarding behavior where a male captures a female and continues to clasp her for up to two weeks prior to copulation. Although these copepods form a...

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Main Authors: Satomi Tsuboko-Ishii, Ronald S Burton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5568411?pdf=render