Colour varieties as sibling species in the polychromatic ophiuroid Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata): Evidence from inheritance of body colour and luminescence characters

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-234

  Deheyn, D ^a   Jangoux, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphipholis squamata; Colour varieties; Genetic determinism; Luminescence; Monoparental transmission; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

COLOR; LUMINESCENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COLOR; ECHINODERM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LUMINESCENCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SIBLING;

AMPHIPHOLIS SQUAMATA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 0033611795     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00148-8     Document Type: Article

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