Germ-cell warfare in ascidians: Sperm from one species can interfere with the fertilization of a second species

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-25

  Lambert, Charles C ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0034002222     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542799     Document Type: Article

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