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Males conditionally inseminate at three female body locations according to female mating history and female maturity status in a squid.
Scientific reports - 22 May 2024
Azad Kamrun Naher, Alam Md Nur E, Nagata Makoto, Tomano Satoshi, Ono Hiroki, Sugai Kyoko, Hirohashi Noritaka
Abstract excerpt
In some squids, such as those in the family Loliginidae, upon copulation, females receive and store male-delivered sperm capsules, spermatangia, at two different body locations: the buccal membrane and the distal end of the oviduct. This insemination site dimorphism is associated with alternative reproductive strategies. However, in Loliolus sumatrensis, a species of Loliginidae, the females possess three...
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