Genital evolution: the traumas of sex.
Copulating males usually insert their penis into the female and ejaculate in her reproductive tract; but in some species, males are more invasive, puncturing the female body-wall and inseminating directly into her body-cavity. A spider has just been added to this list and new perspectives provided on why males harm females during copulation in the first place.
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Centre for Ecology & Conservation, School of Bioscience, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Tremough, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK. D.J.Hosken@exeter.ac.uk
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D000818:Animals; D003307:Copulation / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005835:Genitalia / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology