Reproductive biology of the onychophoran Euperipatoides rowelli

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 447-460

  Sunnucks, Paul ^a,b   Curach, Natalie C ^a   Young, Anthony ^a   French, Jordan ^a   Cameron, Ray ^a   Briscoe, Dave A ^a   Tait, Noel N ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Euperipatoides rowelli; Female paternity control; Onychophora; Reproduction; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

EUPERIPATOIDES ROWELLI; ONYCHOPHORA;

EID: 0034105864     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836900004039     Document Type: Article

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