Temporal pattern of sperm release from the colonial ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 620-625

  Stewart Savage, J ^a   Yund, Philip O ^a  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

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BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI;

EID: 0031451646     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19971215)279:6<620::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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