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. 2024 Oct 7;34(19):R896-R898.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.040.

Reproductive behavior: Decrypting cryptic female choice

Anne C von Philipsborn  1
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Reproductive behavior: Decrypting cryptic female choice

Anne C von Philipsborn. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Females in many species bias fertilization success and paternity after mating with multiple males. Two new studies uncover the mechanisms of this phenomenon, cryptic female choice, in Drosophila, linking it to pheromone-stimulated ejection of sperm and mating plug.

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