Are snakes right-handed? Asymmetry in hemipenis size and usage in gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 411-415

  Shine, R ^a   Olsson, M M ^a   LeMaster, M P ^b   Moore, I T ^b   Mason, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Colubridae; Gartersnakes; Handedness; Lateralization; Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNAKE;

AMPHIBIA; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033921406     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.4.411     Document Type: Article

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