The outcome of sperm competition is affected by behavioural and anatomical reproductive traits in a simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 966-976

  Garefalaki, M E ^a   Triantafyllidis, A ^a   Abatzopoulos, T J ^a   Staikou, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Genital morphology; Mating behaviour; Microsatellites; Multiple paternity; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HERMAPHRODITE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNAIL; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; GREECE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAIL; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FERTILIZATION; GENITALIA, MALE; GREECE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SNAILS; SPERMATOZOA; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT;

CORNU ASPERSUM; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 77955157058     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01964.x     Document Type: Article

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