Early release of eggs and embryos in a brooding ancient asexual ostracod: Brood selection or a gambling strategy to increase fecundity?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 585, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 249-253

  Pinto, Ricardo L ^a   Rocha, Carlos E F ^a   Martens, Koen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient asexual; Bet hedging; Brooding; Darwinulidae; Evolution; Ostracoda; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FISH; GENES; HEAT TREATMENT;

ANCIENT ASEXUAL; BET HEDGING; BROODING; DARWINULIDAE; EVOLUTION; OSTRACODA; REPRODUCTION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BROOD REARING; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXTINCTION RISK; FECUNDITY; OSTRACOD;

ANIMALIA; DARWINULIDAE; OSTRACODA; PENTHESILENULA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 34249100891     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0641-6     Document Type: Article

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