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Timing of the Onset of Aggressive and Sexual Behaviors in Male Crickets Gryllus bimaculatus and Gryllus locorojo

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Knyazev, M.K. Zhemchuzhnikov, 2018, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 301–302.

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Knyazev, A.N., Zhemchuzhnikov, M.K. Timing of the Onset of Aggressive and Sexual Behaviors in Male Crickets Gryllus bimaculatus and Gryllus locorojo. J Evol Biochem Phys 54, 342–344 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093018040129

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