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The female tree 'expresses' consent or rejects male plants
Since there are no eyes and ears, the plant must rely on the interaction of the molecules to determine the appropriate partner to avoid close mating.
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Torn apart because of love
The red-backed female spiders are usually very aggressive and ready to tear apart male spiders who are unable to mate for a long time.
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Bacteria kill male bees by invading the mother's body
Many groups of bacteria are known as 'male killers' - they only kill male elements in the host species.
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With giant crickets, the males get bigger and bigger
The weta crickets are indeed huge. Weighing up to 20 grams, they are one of the heaviest insects in the world. But the male is only half that size.
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The male 'does not manage the distance' to find a partner
Finding a mate can be a hard work, the giant night cricket Cook Strait, Deinacrida rugosa, is a living testament to that.
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Large horns cause small organs to mate
The sometimes bizarre display features that increase the chance of finding animal partners also affect the reproductive process of the population as well as the evolutio…
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Gene loss makes gay male flies homosexual
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have recently discovered that male fruit flies lack genes that regulate the body's ability to perceive a particular odor.
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Mosses and insects once dominated Antarctica
American geological experts have found evidence that barren valleys in Antarctica were once inhabited by moss and insects.
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The strange sex life of a melon
French scientists have just discovered a gene that can change the sex of the melon flower, so that a plant can produce both male and bisexual flowers.
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No smell, no sex in Japanese beetles
If a male bug of the Japanese beetle family cannot detect pheromone sex hormone produced by the female, it will not be able to determine the location of the female as we…
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Study population by X chromosome
The department of genetics at Leicester University is well known for its studies of human population using the Y chromosome, which includes the relationship between the…
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The brains of males and females are not much different
Although males and females sometimes act as if they came from two different planets, new research done on fruit flies shows that both males and females possess the right…
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The ability to repair genes can compensate for sex
Birds and bees all have sexual intercourse between males and females, but tiny creatures of the bdelloid rotifer class seem to be completely satisfied with their sexless…
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Why do the little guys still have mates?
In the beetle world, the big guys often win the race to find a mate, by grabbing the enemy's love to chase it away. But the biggest is not always the best. All beetles -…
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Orchids cheat male ejaculate bees
Few people can resist the appeal of beautiful flowers, but some hornets are even more mature than flower lovers. When standing in front of a beautiful flower, male bees…