Phenotypic Plasticity of Reproductive Effort in a Colonial Ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 180-188

  Newlon III, Arthur W ^a   Yund, Philip O ^b   Stewart Savage, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; UROCHORDATA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; UROCHORDATA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0141722645     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10244     Document Type: Article

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