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Genitally does it

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Figure 1: Dorsal views of the ‘Swiss army knife’ gadgetry in the genitals of a male oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis.

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Gwynne, D. Genitally does it. Nature 393, 734–735 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/31587

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