Cutaneous application of an accessory-gland secretion after sperm exchange in a terrestrial slug (Mollusca: Pulmonata)

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-124

  Benke, Mandy ^a,b,c   Reise, Heike ^a   Montagne Wajer, Kora ^b   Koene, Joris M ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriolimacidae; Gastropoda; Love dart; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; EXOCRINE GLAND; GASTROPOD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETIONS; SKIN; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BODILY SECRETIONS; COPULATION; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GASTROPODA; MALE; SKIN; SPERMATOZOA;

AGRIOLIMACIDAE; ANIMALIA; DEROCERAS; DEROCERAS PANORMITANUM; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA;

EID: 77950341147     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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