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Sex and violence in hermaphrodites

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  • N. K. Michiels

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen)

  • L. J. Newman

    (University of Queensland
    National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

Abstract

Differences in objectives between males and females are a driving force in the evolution of copulatory mechanisms. Hermaphrodites can also have sexual conflicts, but caused by opposing sexual interests within rather than between individuals. One consequence seems to be that physically damaging sex, as occurs with the marine flatworm Pseudoceros bifurcus, might be favoured more in hermaphrodites than in species with separate sexes.

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  • N. K. Michiels & L. J. Newman, 1998. "Sex and violence in hermaphrodites," Nature, Nature, vol. 391(6668), pages 647-647, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:391:y:1998:i:6668:d:10.1038_35527
    DOI: 10.1038/35527
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    1. Evelyn Korn & Lena Edlund, 2006. "Hermaphroditism: What’s not to Like?," Marburg Working Papers on Economics 200604, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).

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