Gamete behaviours and the evolution of 'marked anisogamy': Reproductive strategies and sexual dimorphism in Bryopsidales marine green algae

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 617-628

  Togashi, Tatsuya ^a,c   Nagisa, Masaru ^a   Miyazaki, Tatsuo ^a   Yoshimura, Jin ^a,b   Bartelt, John L ^c   Cox, Paul Alan ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Gamete behaviour; Marine green algae; Pheromonal attraction; Phototaxis

Indexed keywords

CAULERPALES; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 33646730353     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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