Changes in the reproductive system of the snail Helix aspersa caused by mucus from the love dart

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2313-2319

  Koene, Joris M ^a   Chase, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helix aspersa; Love dart; Mollusc; Mucus; Reproduction; Snail; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; HELIX (SNAIL); HERMAPHRODITISM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MUCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HELIX (SNAILS); HERMAPHRODITISM; INSEMINATION; MALE; MUCUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HELIX (SNAIL); HELIX ASPERSA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0032143989     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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