Asymmetric and Spiraled Genitalia Coevolve with Unique Lateralized Mating Behavior

Abstract Asymmetric genitalia and lateralized mating behaviors occur in several taxa, yet whether asymmetric morphology in one sex correlates or coevolves with lateralized mating behavior in the other sex remains largely unexplored. While lateralized mating behaviors are taxonomically widespread, am...

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Main Authors: Dara N. Orbach, Patricia L. R. Brennan, Brandon P. Hedrick, William Keener, Marc A. Webber, Sarah L. Mesnick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60287-w