Chemical defense and evolutionary trends in biosynthetic capacity among dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)

Chemoecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 187-207

  Cimino, Guido ^a   Ghiselin, Michael T ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Chemical defense; Doridacea; Evolutionary trends; Gastropoda; Notaspidea; Nudibranchia; Opisthobranchia; Porifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000816086     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050052     Document Type: Review

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