Male beetles neglect their genomes when competing for females (IMAGE)

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Male beetles neglect their genomes when competing for females

Caption

A female Callosobruchus maculatus seed beetle sitting on top of her preferred egg laying substrate – a black eyed bean.

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Mareike Koppik (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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