The way of the samurai snail

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-555

  Koene, Joris M ^a   Chiba, Satoshi ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allohormone; Gastropod; Hermaphrodite; Love dart; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

SNAIL;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 33750047872     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508028     Document Type: Article

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