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Some male insects also give females what's called a spermatophylax to increase their chances of mating.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Some male insects also gift females what's called a spermatophylax to increase their chances of mating.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Some male insects also give females what's called a spermatophylax to increase their chances of mating.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Some male insects also give females what's called a spermatophylax to increase their chances of mating.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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A spermatophylax, which can weigh up to 30 percent of a male's body weight, is essentially like a really good snack attached to their sperm.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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A spermatophylax, which can weigh up to 30 percent of a male's body weight, is essentially like a really good snack attached to their sperm.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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A spermatophylax, which can weigh up to 30 percent of a male's body weight, is essentially like a really good snack attached to their sperm.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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A spermatophylax, which can weigh up to 30 percent of a male's body weight, is essentially like a really good snack attached to their sperm.
NPR Topics: News 2011
deinonychus commented on the word spermatophylax
A spermatophylax is a gelatinous bolus which some male insects eject during copulation with females through their aedeagi together with spermatophores, and which functions as a nutritive addition for the female. (Wikipedia)
January 10, 2012