Evaluation of a secondary sex character in eutardigrades

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 194-198

  Rebecchi, Lorena ^a   Nelson, Diane R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutardigrada; Milnesium; Pseudobiotus; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032337145     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226985     Document Type: Review

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