Outcrossing hermaphroditic polychaete worms adjust their sex allocation to social conditions

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1341-1347

  Lorenzi, M C ^a   Sella, G ^a   Schleicherova D ^a   Ramella, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Female investment; Phenotypic plasticity; Polychaete worms; Reproductive competition; Simultaneous hermaphrodites; Trade off

Indexed keywords

HERMAPHRODITE; OUTCROSSING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYCHAETE; SEX ALLOCATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOZOON; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOZOA;

OPHRYOTROCHA DIADEMA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 28444499095     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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