Multiple paternity and postcopulatory sexual selection in a hermaphrodite: What influences sperm precedence in the garden snail Helix aspersa?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 805-812

  Evanno, Guillaume ^a   Madec, Luc ^b   Arnaud, Jean François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Helix aspersa; Hermaphroditic snail; P2; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HELIX (SNAIL); HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HELIX (SNAILS); HERMAPHRODITISM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 14844322221     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02449.x     Document Type: Article

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