Female control of mate plugging in a female-cannibalistic spider (Micaria sociabilis)

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Authors	SENTENSKÁ Lenka PEKÁR Stanislav ELISABETH Lipke PETER Michalik GABRIELE Uhl
Year of publication	2015
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	BMC Evolutionary Biology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/15/18
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-014-0278-9
Field	Zoology
Keywords	Secretory plugs; Sperm competition; Cryptic female choice; Multiple mating; X-ray microscopy
Description	The study investigated plug production in a spider Micaria sociabilis. Mating plugs are considered to be a male mating strategy for paternity protection. We found out that plugs in M. sociabilis are rarely overcome by following males and that successful placement of the plug is controlled by the female.
Related projects:	Biodiverzita - analýzy biologických systémů různých úrovní a na různých škálách prostředí