Heritability of sperm length and adult shell size in the land snail Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 218-224

  Minoretti, Nicole ^a   Stoll, Peter ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHELL; SNAIL; SPERM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84880695378     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyt012     Document Type: Article

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