Electrophoretic data support the last-male sperm precedence hypothesis in the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio (Brachyura: Majidae)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 437-440

  Sévigny, Jean Marie ^a   Sainte Marie, Bernard ^a  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

allozyme; Chionoecetes; electrophoresis; mating experiments; Snow crab; sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CHIONOECETES OPILIO;

EID: 0029739925     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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