Intraspecific morphological variation of the sperm storing organ in two hermaphroditic land snail species

Intraspecific morphological variation of the sperm storing organ in two hermaphroditic land snail species

Abstract Background Postcopulatory sexual selection is very important in species with reproductive strategies that involve multiple mating and prolonged sperm storage. The sperm storage organ has been hypothesized to evolve in response to different levels of sperm competition in several species whil...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Staikou, Evripidis Koemtzopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Biological Research - Thessaloniki
Subjects:
Spermatheca structure
Sperm storage capacity
Sperm competition
Gastropods
Environmental adaptation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40709-019-0093-y

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