Size-dependent sex allocation and sexual selection in Aplysia kurodai, a hermaphrodite with nonreciprocal mating

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Yusa, Yoichi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastropoda; Mate choice; Simultaneous; Unilateral mating

Indexed keywords

ANASPIDEA; ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA KURODAI; GASTROPODA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 50049089062     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2008.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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