Sperm as a paternal investment: A model of sex allocation in sperm-digesting hermaphrodites

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-103

  Yamaguchi, Sachi ^a,b,e   Sawada, Kota ^c   Nakashima, Yasuhiro ^d   Takahashi, Satoshi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy; Nuptial gift; Parental investment; Sex allocation; Simultaneous hermaphrodite; Sperm digestion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAMETOGENESIS; HERMAPHRODITE; HERMAPHRODITISM; NUPTIAL GIFT; PATERNITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SPERM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855906758     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-010-0101-1     Document Type: Article

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