Self- and cross-fertilization in the solitary ascidian Ciona savignyi

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-112

  Jiang, Di ^a   Smith, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; HERMAPHRODITE; REPRODUCTION; SESSILE SPECIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI;

EID: 27844550300     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3593128     Document Type: Article

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