Performance of non-motile male gametes in the sea: Analysis of paternity and fertilization success in a natural population of a red seaweed, Gracilaria gracilis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1431, 1999, Pages 1879-1886

  Engel, Carolyn R ^a   Wattier, Rémi ^a,b   Destombe, Christophe ^a   Valero, Myriam ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystocarp; Fertilization success; Gamete dispersal; Paternity analysis; Red alga; Spermatia

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MOTILITY; PATERNITY; RED ALGA; SPERM;

ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; FERTILIZATION; FLAGELLUM; GAMETE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; SEAWEED; ZYGOTE;

GRACILARIA GRACILIS;

EID: 0033595548     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0861     Document Type: Article

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