Publication details

Female control of mate plugging in a female-cannibalistic spider (Micaria sociabilis)

Authors

SENTENSKÁ Lenka PEKÁR Stanislav ELISABETH Lipke PETER Michalik GABRIELE Uhl

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source BMC Evolutionary Biology
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/15/18
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-014-0278-9
Field Zoology
Keywords Secretory plugs; Sperm competition; Cryptic female choice; Multiple mating; X-ray microscopy
Description The study investigated plug production in a spider Micaria sociabilis. Mating plugs are considered to be a male mating strategy for paternity protection. We found out that plugs in M. sociabilis are rarely overcome by following males and that successful placement of the plug is controlled by the female.
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