Sperm allocation in the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Arianta arbustorum
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Research was conducted to examine the hypothesis that the hermaphroditic land snail, Arianta arbustorum, has the ability to expend sperm differentially to their partners. Sperm count ranged from 802,620 to 3,968,800 which indicated that sperm release was not related to the duration of copulation or the mating history of the partner. Results suggest that there was no correlation between the size of the recipient and the size of the donor in sperm release among hermaphroditic land snails.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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Sex role alternation in the simultaneously hermaphroditic pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis is determined by the availability of seminal fluid
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The pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis in which sexual isolation increases male sexual drive is studied. Results indicate that sex role alternation occurred only in pairs where both animals are isolated and may be conditional.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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Cue association and antipredator behavior in a pulmonate snail, Lymnaea stagnalis
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Experiments conducted on Lymnaea stagnalis, a pulmonate snail, to study the cue association and its behavior when faced with a predator, are discussed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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