Hermaphroditism: What's not to like?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 520-527

  Edlund, Lena ^a   Korn, Evelyn ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hermaphroditism; Reciprocal mating; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HERMAPHRODITE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MATE CHOICE; RECIPROCITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VIOLENCE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISHES; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847610130     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.10.031     Document Type: Article

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