Sperm competition in the simultaneous hermaphrodite freshwater snail Biomphalaria Glabrata (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-457

  Vianey Liaud, Marc ^a   Joly, Dominique ^b   Dussart, Georges ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA;

MENDELIAN RATIO; SELF-FERTILIZATION; SIMULTANEOUS HERMAPHRODITE; SNAIL; SPERM COMPETITION;

EID: 0029657702     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/62.4.451     Document Type: Article

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