Sex-ratio bias and clonal reproduction in the brittle star Ophiactis savignyi

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 511-517

  McGovern, Tamara M ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle star; Clonal reproduction; Costs; Gender specific strategies; Sex ratio bias

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL ORGANISM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

INVERTEBRATA; MARTES PENNANTI; OPHIACTIS; OPHIACTIS SAVIGNYI; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 0036216328     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01362.x     Document Type: Article

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