Sex and the single copepod

Rory Howlett ()
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Nature, 1998, vol. 394, issue 6692, 423-425

Abstract: Copepods are dominant constitutents of the marine zooplankton, and so are central players in the dynamics of ocean ecosystems. The seemingly arcane business of how they find mates and copulate is, then, a matter of some importance. Increasingly it is emerging that these tiny creatures are not completely at the mercy of the viscous forces of water, as might be expected -- rather, their mating behaviour involves the sensing and pursuit of complex patterns of hydomechanical and chemical signals.

Date: 1998
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