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Genital structure as an isolating mechanism in Odonata
Author(s) -
Watson J. A. L.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal entomological society of london. series a, general entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0375-0418
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1966.tb00338.x
Subject(s) - odonata , mechanism (biology) , sex organ , biology , zoology , evolutionary biology , divergence (linguistics) , physics , genetics , philosophy , linguistics , quantum mechanics
SYNOPSIS An account is given of specific differences in the dimensions of male and female genitalia of five closely related species of Trapezostigma , and the possible role of this divergence as an isolating mechanism is discussed.