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SUBMITTER: Orbach DN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7039966 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Orbach Dara N DN Brennan Patricia L R PLR Hedrick Brandon P BP Keener William W Webber Marc A MA Mesnick Sarah L SL
Scientific reports 20200224 1
Asymmetric genitalia and lateralized mating behaviors occur in several taxa, yet whether asymmetric morphology in one sex correlates or coevolves with lateralized mating behavior in the other sex remains largely unexplored. While lateralized mating behaviors are taxonomically widespread, among mammals they are only known in the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Males attempt copulation by approaching a female exclusively on her left side. To understand if this unusual lateralized behavior may ...[more]