Evidence of intrafollicular fertilization in pisidium amnicum (Müller, 1774) (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-272

  Araujo, R ^a   Ramos, M A ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Fertilization; Intrafollicular; Meiosis; Sphaeriidae

Indexed keywords

PISIDIUM AMNICUM;

EID: 0030771447     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1997.9672632     Document Type: Article

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