Joris M. Koene

TL;DR: Parts of phero-perception, stress responses, immune function and regulation of gene expression that support the persistence of B. glabrata are described and several potential targets for developing novel control measures aimed at reducing snail-mediated transmission of schistosomiasis are identified.

TL;DR: This study represents the first comprehensive comparative analysis of reproductive organ characteristics in simultaneous hermaphrodites and strongly suggests that co-evolutionary arms races can result from sexual conflict in these organisms and play a key role in the evolution of herMaphroditic mating systems.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that selection drives the evolution of mating‐system syndromes in animals is supported, as the reaction norm of selfing rates to mate availability is a key target of natural selection in this context.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors applied extracts of the digitiform glands that produce this mucus to parts of the reproductive system in vitro and found that the extracts triggered an initial reconfiguration of the copulatory canal that caused the bursa tract diverticulum to become more accessible to the spermatophore.

TL;DR: This review provides a comprehensive overview of the neuro-endocrine control of male and female reproductive processes in freshwater snails and suggests a few possible mechanisms via which this animal can effectively switch between the two sexual roles in the flexible way that it does.