Sex and meiosis in autotetraploid pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg)

Genome

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-405

  Guo, Ximing ^a   Allen Jr , Standish K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Crassostrea gigas; Meiosis; Multivalent segregation; Polyploidy; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0031154021     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g97-053     Document Type: Article

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