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2016 ; 6
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Stiffness gradient of the beetle penis facilitates propulsion in the spiraled
female spermathecal duct
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Filippov AE
; Matsumura Y
; Kovalev AE
; Gorb SN
Sci Rep
2016[Jun]; 6
(ä): 27608
PMID27334674
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It is well known that sexual selection is the main driving force of substantial
diversity of genitalia found in animals. However, how it facilitates the
diversity is still largely unknown, because genital morpho/physical features and
motions/functional morphology of the structures in sexual intercourse are not
linked for the vast majority of organisms. Here we showed the presence of
material gradient and numerically studied an effect of stiffness gradient of the
beetle penis during its propulsion through the female duct. We found that
stiffness gradient on the penis essentially affects its propulsion. Microscopic
investigation suggests the possibility that the tip of the hyper-elongated penis
is softer than the rest of it, and our numerical model confirms that this type of
distribution of stiffness gradient aids in faster propulsion than other types.
This result indicates that previously ignored physical properties of genital
materials are of crucial importance in evolutionary studies of genitalia.