Structure of the female reproductive tract in the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) and implications for the mating system

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 336-349

  Jensen, Pamela C ^a   Orensanz, Jose M ^a   Armstrong, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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CANCER MAGISTER;

EID: 0029848645     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543026     Document Type: Article

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