Sexual selection maintains whole-body chiral dimorphism in snails

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1941-1949

  Schilthuizen, M ^a,b   Craze, P G ^c   Cabanban, A S ^d   Davison, A ^e   Stone, J ^f   Gittenberger, E ^b,g   Scott, B J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d WWF Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphidromus; Balanced polymorphism; Chirality; Gastropoda; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; FECUNDITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNAIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNAIL; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SNAILS; SPERMATOGONIA;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AMPHIDROMUS; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 34547881082     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01370.x     Document Type: Article

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