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Science 5 October 1979:
Vol. 206. no. 4414, pp. 83 - 84
DOI: 10.1126/science.206.4414.83
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Male Contribution to Egg Production in Butterflies: Evidence for Transfer of Nutrients at Mating

CAROL L. BOGGS 1 and LAWRENCE E. GILBERT 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Texas, Austin 78712

Radiotracer studies on three butterfly species showed that nutrients contributed by males through mating are used by females for egg production and possibly for somatic maintenance.

Submitted on April 30, 1979
Revised on June 26, 1979


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