Sperm digestion and reciprocal sperm transfer can drive hermaphrodite sex allocation to equality

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-430

  Greeff, Jaco M ^a,b   Michiels, Nico K ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Hermaphrodites; Reciprocity; Sex allocation; Sexual selection; Sperm digestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032950853     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303184     Document Type: Article

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