On the function of body piercing during copulation in earthworms

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 35-40

  Koene, Joris M ^a   Sundermann, Gudrun ^a   Michiels, Nico K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allohormone; Mate manipulation; Setae; Sexual conflict; Simultaneous hermaphrodite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036710338     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2002.9652733     Document Type: Article

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