Penetration mechanics of elongated female and male genitalia of earwigs

Abstract We unveiled the penile penetration mechanics of two earwig species, Echinosoma horridum, whose intromittent organ, termed virga, is extraordinarily long, and E. denticulatum, whose virga is conversely short. We characterised configuration, geometry, material and bending stiffness for both v...

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Auteurs principaux: Yoko Matsumura, Yoshitaka Kamimura, Chow-Yang Lee, Stanislav N. Gorb, Hamed Rajabi
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/7ddd15a745104fd6ae12aa416bfa80ed
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