Reduced egg laying caused by a male accessory gland product opens the possibility for sexual conflict in a simultaneous hermaphrodite

Animal Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-448

  Koene, Joris M ^a   Brouwer, Annelies ^a   Hoffer, Jeroen N A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allohormone; Insemination; Mollusca; Pulmonata; Seminal fluid; Sex peptide; Snail

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SNAIL; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA;

EID: 66249087381     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075509X12499949744306     Document Type: Article

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