Sexual conflict in self-fertile hermaphrodites: reproductive differences among species, and between individuals versus cohorts, in the leech genus Helobdella (Lophotrochozoa; Annelida; Clitellata; Hirudinida; Glossiphoniidae)
R. G. Iyer, D. V. Rogers, C. J. Winchell, D. A. Weisblat
The paper examines reproductive strategies in three Helobdella leech species, finding that self-fertility is ancestral in two species but absent in the third, with cohort reproduction showing coordinated behavior and resource allocation differences.
bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2018Zoology