Tales of two snails: Sexual selection and sexual conflict in Lymnaea stagnalis and Helix aspersa

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-429

  Koene, Joris M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANTAREUS; GASTROPODA; HELIX; HELIX ASPERSA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 33747890253     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icj040     Document Type: Article

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