Reproductive and electrophoretic evidence for genetic maintenance of dimorphism in the ascidian pyura stolonifera near melbourne, australia

Ophelia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-243

  Dalby, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR MORPH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA;

ASCIDIACEA; PYURA STOLONIFERA;

EID: 0031404640     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.1997.10428673     Document Type: Article

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