For Water Striders, Evolved Antennae Mean More Sex (1 of 4) (IMAGE)

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For Water Striders, Evolved Antennae Mean More Sex (1 of 4)

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This is an adult male water strider (Rheumatobates rileyi). This image relates to a paper that appeared in the May 4, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Abderrahman Khila at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, and colleagues was titled, "Function, Developmental Genetics, and Fitness Consequences of a Sexually Antagonistic Trait."

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