Asexual reproduction and genetic determination of colour patterns within populations of the subtidal sea anemone Anthothoe albocincta

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 156, Issue , 1997, Pages 121-130

  Billingham, Martin R ^a,b   Ayre, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asexual; Cnidarian; Colour morph; Longitudinal fission; Sexual

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL PRODUCTION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COLOUR PATTERN; POPULATION GENETICS; SEA ANEMONE;

(SOUTHEAST); AUSTRALIA;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANTHOTHOE ALBOCINCTA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA;

EID: 0030953394     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps156121     Document Type: Article

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