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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Copulation and sperm induction by normal and palpless male linyphiid spiders.

Jerome S. Rovner

subject

Multidisciplinarygenetic structuresZoologyAnatomyBiologycomplex mixturesSperm

description

The performance by palpless male linyphiid spiders of behaviors associated with copulation and sperm induction indicates that occurrence of these sexual activities does not depend on peripheral input from the palps.

10.1126/science.157.3790.835https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17842797