Bursa tract diverticulum in the hermaphroditic land snail Arianta arbustorum (Stylommatophora: Helicidae): Morphology, function, and evolutionary implications

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 940-953

  Beese, Kathleen ^a   Beier, Konstantin ^b   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diverticulum; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sperm digestion; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HELIX (SNAIL); MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HELIX (SNAILS); MALE; REPRODUCTION;

ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM; GASTROPODA; HELICIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 33746432269     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10451     Document Type: Article

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