Developmental basis of phenotypic variation in egg production in a colonial ascidian: Primary oocyte production versus oocyte development

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-69

  Stewart Savage, J ^a   Wagstaff, Bradley J ^a,b   Yund, Philip O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EGG PRODUCTION; PHENOTYPE;

DAMARISCOTTA RIVER; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI;

EID: 0033045168     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543168     Document Type: Article

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