Sex-related effects in the superhydrophobic properties of damselfly wings in young and old Calopteryx splendens.

Numerous sex-related morphological adaptations are connected to reproductive behavior in animals. For example, females of some insect species can submerge during oviposition, which may lead to sex-related adaptations in the hydrophobicity (water-repellency) due to specialization of certain morpholog...

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Auteurs principaux: Katja Kuitunen, Alexander Kovalev, Stanislav N Gorb
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/a5c06f48b0934bceb4b24ab3e5320545
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