SPERM COMPETITION AND SEX ALLOCATION IN SIMULTANEOUS HERMAPHRODITES

Authors
CHARNOV EL
Citation
El. Charnov, SPERM COMPETITION AND SEX ALLOCATION IN SIMULTANEOUS HERMAPHRODITES, Evolutionary ecology, 10(5), 1996, pp. 457-462
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Evolutionary ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02697653
Volume
10
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
457 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-7653(1996)10:5<457:SCASAI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Sex allocation theory is developed for hermaphrodites having frequent copulations and long-term sperm storage. Provided the sperm displaceme nt mechanisms are similar to those known in insects, the ESS allocatio n to sperm versus eggs satisfies a rather simple rule. There are no da ta to test this rule, as yet.