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Science 22 April 1966:
Vol. 152. no. 3721, pp. 543 - 544
DOI: 10.1126/science.152.3721.543
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Courtship in Spiders without Prior Sperm Induction

Jerome S. Rovner 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742

Experiments with a lycosid spider demonstrated that courtship behavior is displayed by males independently of whether sperm induction had occurred following the final molt. Contrary to earlier suggestions, proprioceptive feedback from sperm-filled palps is not essential for the onset of reproductive display.


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Copulation and Sperm Induction by Normal and Palpless Male Linyphiid Spiders.
J. S. Rovner (1967)
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