Structural aspects of leg-to-gonopod metamorphosis in male helminthomorph millipedes (Diplopoda)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the adult males of helminthomorph millipedes, one or two pairs of legs in the anterior part of the trunk are strongly modified into sexual appendages (gonopods) used for sperm transfer during the copula. Gonopods differentiate in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/8/1/19 |