Do simultaneous hermaphrodites choose their mates? Effects of body size in a planarian flatworm

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 623-630

  Peters, Anne ^a,b   Michiels, Nicolaas K ^a  

^a Max Plank Inst F V   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; FLATWORM; MATE CHOICE; SIMULTANEOUS HERMAPHRODITISM;

DUGESIA POLYCHROA; PLANARIA;

EID: 0030303502     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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