Adaptive plasticity of the penis in a simultaneous hermaphrodite

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1946-1953

  Hoch, J Matthew ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermaphrodite; Penis; Phenotypic plasticity; Reproduction; Semibalanus balanoides

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTOGAMY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATE RECOGNITION; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEX ALLOCATION; TAXONOMY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THORACICA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PENIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; THORACICA;

BALANIDAE; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 68149084604     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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