Piercing the partner's skin influences sperm uptake in the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-249

  Koene, Joris M ^a,b   Pförtner, Tina ^b   Michiels, Nico K ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allohormone; Hermaphrodite; Manipulation; Sexual conflict; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; HERMAPHRODITE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 27644502386     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0030-y     Document Type: Article

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