The fate of received sperm in the reproductive tract of a hermaphroditic snail and its implications for fertilisation

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-543

  Koene, Joris M ^a   Montagne Wajer, Kora ^a   Roelofs, Dick ^a   Ter Maat, Andries ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastropoda; Hermaphrodite; Mollusca; Outcrossing; Pulmonata; Selfing

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITE; MULTIPLE MATING; OUTCROSSING; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SNAIL; SPERM COMPETITION;

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

EID: 70349115384     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-008-9253-5     Document Type: Article

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