Coloniality has evolved once in Stolidobranch Ascidians

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-268

  Zeng, Liyun ^a   Jacobs, Molly W ^a,b   Swalla, Billie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLIDAE; METANDROCARPA TAYLORI; MOLGULIDAE; PHLEBOBRANCHIA; PYURIDAE; STOLIDOBRANCHIA; STYELIDAE; SYMPLEGMA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 33747891749     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icj035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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