Multiple mating, paternity, and body size in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, Aplysia californica

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-560

  Angeloni, Lisa ^a,d   Bradbury, Jack W ^b   Burton, Ronald S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple paternity; Opisthobranch; Sea hare; Sex allocation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HERMAPHRODITE; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANASPIDEA; ANIMALIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; APLYSIIDAE; GASTROPODA; LEPUS;

EID: 0042178342     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg033     Document Type: Article

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