SELF-FERTILIZATION VERSUS CROSS-FERTILIZATION IN THE HERMAPHRODITIC FRESHWATER SNAIL BULINUS GLOBOSUS
- 1 August 1991
- Vol. 45 (5), 1136-1146
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1991.tb04380.x
Abstract
Self-fertilization depression of fitness in the freshwater hermaphroditic snail Bulinus globosus, an intermediate host of the parasitic trematode Schistosoma, has been studied in a strain originating from Niger. B. globosus is an outcrosser that can self-fertilize when isolated before any copulation has occurred. The self-fertilization depression has been estimated during two successive generations. In the first generation, selfing was compared to outcrossing. Within each mating system group, selfing and outcrossing were compared again in the second generation. A striking difference was shown in favor of cross-fertilization for the number of eggs laid, the survival at birth of young snails and the number of snails reaching sexual maturity. The overall self-fertilization depression is 0.920 after two generations of selfing. We discuss the relative role of selfing and outcrossing in the evolution of freshwater snail populations.Keywords
Funding Information
- CNRS-PIREN (HIB grant)
- ORSTOM-Montpellier
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