Evolution of female sperm-storage organs in the carrefour of stylommatophoran gastropods

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-60

  Beese, K ^a,b   Armbruster, G F J ^a   Beier, K ^c   Baur, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative phylogenetic analysis; Dart shooting; Habitat; Hermaphrodite; Life history; Mating system; Postcopulatory sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPLEXITY; CRYPSIS; EVOLUTION; GASTROPOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 55949085494     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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