Sex and darts in slugs and snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-338

  Davison, Angus ^a,b,c   Wade, Christopher M ^a   Mordan, Peter B ^d   Chiba, Satoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Love dart; Mating behaviour; Sexual conflict; Simultaneous hermaphrodite

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; GASTROPOD; HERMAPHRODITE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

CANTAREUS ASPERSA; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; MOLLUSCA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 28844440780     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007648     Document Type: Article

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