Hermaphroditic freshwater clams in the genus Corbicula produce non-reductional spermatozoa with somatic DNA content

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 320-323

  Komaru, Akira ^a   Konishi, Kooichi ^b   Nakayama, Ichiro ^b   Kobayashi, Takanori ^b   Sakai, Harumi ^c   Kawamura, Kouichi ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL FISHERIES UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CORBICULA LEANA; CORBICULA SANDAI;

EID: 0031460795     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542934     Document Type: Article

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