An immunolabelling technique to track sperm from different mates in the female reproductive organs of terrestrial gastropods

Malacologia

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 253-266

  Kupfernagel, Sandra ^a   Beier, Konstantin ^b   Janssen, Ruben ^a   Rusterholz, Hans Peter ^a   Baur, Anette ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arianta arbustorum; female reproductive organs; Gastropoda; immunolabelling; postcopulatory sexual selection; sperm digesting organ; sperm storage.; spermatheca

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892555826     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4002/040.056.0214     Document Type: Article

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