Sublethal heat reduces overall reproductive investment and male allocation in a simultaneously hermaphroditic snail species.

ABSTRACT: The exposure to sublethally high temperature reduces reproductive performance in diverse organisms. Although this effect has been particularly emphasized for males or male reproductive functioning, it remains largely unknown whether the effect of heat on fertility is sex-specific. Here we examined the impact of sublethally high temperature on male and female functions in a simultaneously hermaphroditic snail species, Lymnaea stagnalis. Examining hermaphrodites is useful to evaluate the sex-specific impacts of heat exposure, since they possess male and female functions within a single individual, sharing genetic and environmental factors. Moreover, previously developed sex allocation theory allows us to compare the differential performance of sex functions. In this study, we exposed

SUBMITTER: van Dijk SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10846933 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature