Evolution: don't be so butch, dear!
- Schärer L Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, University of Basel, Vesalgasse 1, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: lukas.scharer@unibas.ch.
- 2014-04-17
Published in:
- Current biology : CB. - 2014
Animals
Female
Hermaphroditic Organisms
Lymnaea
Male
Seminal Plasma Proteins
Sexual Behavior, Animal
English
Simultaneous hermaphrodites are both male and female, which could lead to conflicts between partners over optimal investment to the two sex functions. New evidence from hermaphroditic freshwater snails suggests that transferred seminal fluids affect the partner's male function.
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- English
- Open access status
- bronze
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- DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.003
- PMID 24735851
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/159957
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