Evidence for age-dependent mating strategies in the simultaneous hermaphrodite snail, Lymnaea stagnaiis (L.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3164-3173

  Hermann, Petra M ^a   Genereux, Brad ^a   Wildering, Willem C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness; Male sexual drive; Mollusc; Reciprocal copulation; Size assortative mating; Sperm trading

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; LYMNAEA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; LYMNAEA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 70349126169     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.030031     Document Type: Article

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