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Premating behavior and male discrimination inJaera ischiosetosa (Isopoda)

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Premating in females ofJaera ischiosetosa is statistically biased according to body size, to the size of males, to their physiological stage, and to their fertility irrespective of size. Most of these features are in agreement with the hypothesis of male discrimination between females.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique Evolutives, C.N.R.S., F-91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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Veuille, M. Premating behavior and male discrimination inJaera ischiosetosa (Isopoda). Experientia 42, 203–204 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952470

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