ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2015
Copulatory wounding and traumatic insemination.
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- A novel female reproductive organ differentiates insemination and postmating responses in bedbugs.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Article
- A genetic model of copulatory wounding inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The Paragenital Organ of Stylopidae (Insecta: Strepsiptera) and the Functional Incorporation of the Secondary Larval Exuvia.Journal of morphology · 2025Article
- Strategies, costs and counter-strategies to sexual coercion.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- Two matings lead to more copulatory wounding than a single mating in femaleProceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Evolution and co-evolution of the suck behaviour, a postcopulatory female resistance trait that manipulates received ejaculate.BMC biology · 2025Article
- Sexual conflict underlying external female genital mutilation in spiders: assessing whether females benefit from multiple matings.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- A novel prolixicin identified in common bed bugs with activity against both bacteria and parasites.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- How frequently are insects wounded in the wild? A case study usingRoyal Society open science · 2024Article
- Polyandry and sperm competition in two traumatically inseminating species of Strepsiptera (Insecta).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The puncture mechanics: an example from the bed bugJournal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
- Intra-horn insemination in the alpaca Vicugna pacos: Copulatory wounding and deep sperm deposition.PloS one · 2024Article
- Age-related mating rates among ecologically distinct lineages of bedbugs, Cimex lectularius.Frontiers in zoology · 2023Article
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- Traumatic mating causes strict monandry in a wolf spider.Zoological research · 2023Article
- Lactobacillus spp. in the reproductive system of female moths and mating induced changes and possible transmission.BMC microbiology · 2022Article
- Polyandrous females but not monogamous females vary in reproductive ageing patterns in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Characterization of New Defensin Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Expression in Bed Bugs in Response to Bacterial Ingestion and Injection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Evolution of sex allocation plasticity in a hermaphroditic flatworm genus.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Copulatory wounding (CW) is widespread in the animal kingdom, but likely underreported because of its cryptic nature. We use four case studies (Drosophila flies, Siphopteron slugs, Cimex bugs, and Callosobruchus beetles) to show that CW entails physiological and life-history costs, but can evolve into a routine mating strategy that, in some species, involves insemination through the wound. Although interspecific variation in CW is documented, few data exist on intraspecific and none on individual differences. Although defensive mechanisms evolve in the wound recipient, our review also indicates that mating costs in species with CW are slightly higher than in other species. Whether such costs are dose- or frequency-dependent, and whether defense occurs as resistance or tolerance, decisively affects the evolutionary outcome. In addition to sexual conflict, CW may also become a model system for reproductive isolation. In this context, we put forward a number of predictions, including (1) occasional CW is more costly than routine CW, (2) CW is more costly in between- than within-population matings, and (3) in the presence of CW, selection may favor the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases if they induce resource allocation. Finally, we outline, and briefly discuss, several medical implications of CW in humans.
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