Skewed sex-ratio, monogeny, and maternal sex determination in two geographical populations of Asellus aquaticus (L., 1758) (Isopoda)

Crustaceana

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-475

  Vitagliano, Eleonora ^a   Marchetti, Enzo ^a   Vitagliano, Giovanna ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASELLUS AQUATICUS; ISOPODA;

HYBRID; PHOTOPERIOD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

ITALY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0029659768     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854096X01041     Document Type: Article

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