Scientists Discover Bugs With Sex-Reversed Genitalia Doing It for 70 Hours

Writing today in Current Biology, researchers for the first time describe a critter that has traded sex organs. Females are equipped with a penis-like structure called a gynosome, which “deeply penetrates” the duct leading to the male’s sperm storage organ.

















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