The evolution of the life cycle of brown seaweeds

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-38

  Bell, Graham ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

alternation of generations; diploidy; dispersal; fertilization; gamete dimorphism; haploidy; mutation; Phaeophyta; sex; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030895420     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0086     Document Type: Article

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