Sperm utilization in subadult and adult simultaneous hermaphrodite snails mating in the wild

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1041-1049

  Kupfernagel, Sandra ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COPULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HERMAPHRODITE; PATERNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROTANDRY; RISK FACTOR; SNAIL; SPERM COMPETITION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 80355137110     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-080     Document Type: Article

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