Coolidge effect in pond snails: male motivation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The simultaneously hermaphroditic pond snail, <it>Lymnaea stagnalis</it>, can mate in the male and female role, but within one copulation only one sexual role is performed at a time. Previous work has shown that male moti...

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Main Authors: Ter Maat Andries, Koene Joris M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/212