Sex discrimination in Gerris remigis: role of a surface wave signal

Even when blinded with masks, adult male water striders (Gerris remigis) accurately ascertain the sex of other adult water striders in the laboratory. Freely moving females that were artificially made to play back computer-generated male surface wave and body-contact signals of about 90 waves per se...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1979-12, Vol.206 (4424), p.1325-1327
1. Verfasser:	Wilcox, R.S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult insects Antiserum arthropods entomology Experimentation Female animals Gender discrimination insects Magnets Mating behavior Pancreas Rectangles Surface waves
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