Sex-related effects in the superhydrophobic properties of damselfly wings in young and old Calopteryx splendens.

Numerous sex-related morphological adaptations are connected to reproductive behavior in animals. For example, females of some insect species can submerge during oviposition, which may lead to sex-related adaptations in the hydrophobicity (water-repellency) due to specialization of certain morpholog...

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Main Authors: Katja Kuitunen, Alexander Kovalev, Stanislav N Gorb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24520406/pdf/?tool=EBI