Variation of distal genitalia in the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Arianta arbustorum (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) caused by sexual selection?
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Sex allocation and sexual conflict in simultaneously hermaphroditic animals.
Links between sex allocation (SA) and sexual conflict in simultaneous hermaphrodites have been evident since Charnov's landmark paper published 30 years ago. We discuss two links, namely the potential for sexual conflict over SA between sperm donor and recipient, and the importance of post-copulatory sexual selection and the resulting sexual conflict for the evolution of SA. We cover the little...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0024-4066
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2000.0453