Discovery and description of a novel sexual weapon in the world’s most widely-studied freshwater turtle
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DOI: 10.1007/s10682-019-10014-3
Abstract: Sexually coercive reproductive tactics are widespread among animals, where one sex employs specialized structures, called sexual weapons, to harass, intimidate, and/or physically force the other sex to mate. Painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) have been extremely… read more here.
Keywords: description novel; well studied; weapon; discovery description ... See more keywords