Mating mites trapped in amber reveal sex role reversal
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 19:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In the mating game, some female mites are mightier than their mates, new research suggests. The evidence comes, in part, from 40 million-year-old mating mites preserved in Baltic amber.
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