Traumatic Insemination in Terrestrial Arthropods
Abstract
Traumatic insemination is a bizarre form of mating practiced by some invertebrates in which males use hypodermic genitalia to penetrate their partner's body wall during copulation, frequently bypassing the female genital tract and ejaculating into their blood system. The requirements for traumatic insemination to evolve are stringent, yet surprisingly it has arisen multiple times within invertebrates. In terrestrial arthropods traumatic...
Paper Details
Title
Traumatic Insemination in Terrestrial Arthropods
Published Date
Jan 7, 2014
Journal
Volume
59
Issue
1
Pages
245 - 261
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