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Is the first-male sperm precedence in the predatory miteMacrocheles muscaedomesticae influenced by sperm use of females?

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  1. Laboratory of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan

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Yasui, Y. Is the first-male sperm precedence in the predatory miteMacrocheles muscaedomesticae influenced by sperm use of females?. J. Ethol. 13, 141–144 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02352575

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