A phallus for free? Quantitative genetics of sexual trade-offs in the snail Bulinus truncatus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-16

  Ostrowski, Marie France ^a   Jarne, P ^a   David, P ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Aphally; Freshwater snails; Genetic correlations; Resource allocation; Sexual polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EVOLUTION; GENITALIA, MALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SNAILS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANORBIDAE;

EID: 0037232489     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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