Males assess chemical signals to discriminate just-mated females from virgins in redback spiders

2007/10/24 by J. A. Stoltz, Jeffrey A. Stoltz, Jeremy N. McNeil +2 · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Courtship #Courtship display #Ecology #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Mate choice #Mating #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Pheromone #Spider #Wolf spider #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.011

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Citations

• Cost of mating in Drosophila melanogaster females is mediated by male accessory gland products
• Sexual dimorphism and distorted sex ratios in spiders
• Value of male remating and functional sterility in redback spiders
• Female control of paternity in the sexually cannibalistic spiderArgiope keyserlingi

Cited by

• Acylated Serine Derivatives: A Unique Class of Arthropod Pheromones of the Australian Redback Spider, Latrodectus hasselti
• Redback spider [wikipedia]