Sex allocation and sexual conflict in simultaneously hermaphroditic animals

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 705-708

  Schärer, Lukas ^a   Janicke, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Sex allocation; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Simultaneous hermaphrodites; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM DONOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 66249104780     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0100     Document Type: Note

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