• DOI:10.1098/rspb.2002.2307
Corpus ID: 359731

Reproductive strategies in snakes

@article{Shine2003ReproductiveSI,
  title={Reproductive strategies in snakes},
  author={R. Shine},
  journal={Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences},
  year={2003},
  volume={270},
  pages={1004 - 995}
}

• R. Shine
• Published 2003
• Biology, Medicine
• Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences

Snakes of both sexes display remarkable flexibility and diversity in their reproductive tactics. Many features of reproduction in female snakes (such as reproductive mode and frequency, seasonality and multiple mating) allow flexible maternal control. For example, females can manipulate not only the genotypes of their offspring (through mate choice or enhanced sperm competition) but also the phenotypes of their offspring (through allocation 'decisions', behavioural and physiological… Expand

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