The role of jelly coats in sperm-egg encounters, fertilization success, and selection on egg size in broadcast spawners

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 626-636

  Farley, G S ^a   Levitan, D R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisions; Egg size; Fertilization; Jelly coat size; Selection

Indexed keywords

LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0034967743     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320619     Document Type: Article

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