Twisted sex in an hermaphrodite: Mirror-image mating behaviour is not learned

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-311

  Koene, Joris M ^a,b   Cosijn, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; HERMAPHRODITE; LEARNING; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNAIL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPERM;

EID: 84866236138     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eys016     Document Type: Article

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