Variation in spermathecal morphology and amount of sperm stored in populations of the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Arianta arbustorum

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-171

  Baminger, Helmut ^a   Haase, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arianta arbustorum; Cryptic female choice; Simultaneous hermaphrodite; Sperm competition; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033212731     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999010055     Document Type: Article

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