Accessory male investment can undermine the evolutionary stability of simultaneous hermaphroditism

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 709-712

  Michiels, Nico K ^a   Crowley, Philip H ^b   Anthes, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptiveness; Male copulatory organ; Sex allocation; Sexual antagonism; Sexual selection; Simultaneous hermaphroditism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTAGONISM; DIOECY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERMAPHRODITISM; OUTCROSSING; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; COITUS; DIOECY; HERMAPHRODITISM; PATERNITY; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

EID: 70349276817     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0280     Document Type: Article

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