Variation in spermathecal morphology is independent of sperm competition intensity in populations of the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Cornu aspersum

Zoology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Koemtzopoulos, Evripides ^a   Staikou, Alexandra ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fertilization pouch; Helix aspersa; Mating frequency; Sperm competition; Spermathecal structure

Indexed keywords

CORNU ASPERSUM; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 34247476125     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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