Differential survival of allosperm by location within the female storage organ of the snail Cornu aspersum

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1244-1251

  Chase, Ronald ^a   Darbyson, Emily ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; NUTRITION; SNAIL; SPERM; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; CORNU ASPERSUM; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 55949083754     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-109     Document Type: Article

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