Neuro-endocrine control of reproduction in hermaphroditic freshwater snails: Mechanisms and evolution

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2010, Pages

  Koene, Joris M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eggs; Hermaphrodite; Hormone; Mollusc; Neuropeptide; Pulmonate; Sexual selection; Sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052335599     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00167     Document Type: Review

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