Genetic differentiation among three color variants of Japanese sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 806-812

  Kan No, Manami ^a   Kijima, Akihiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color variation; Genetic difference; Holothuroidea; Isozyme; Sea cucumber; Stichopus japonicus

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; STICHOPUS; STICHOPUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 0141567512     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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