Gene diversity and mode of reproduction in the brooded larvae of the coral Heteroxenia fuscescens

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 493-498

  Fuchs, Yaron ^a,c   Douek, Jacob ^b   Rinkevich, Baruch ^b   Ben Shlomo, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CORAL; GENE FLOW; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROXENIA FUSCESCENS; NONHUMAN; PLANULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIAN OCEAN; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; HETEROXENIA FUSCESCENS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; GEOGRAPHY; INDIAN OCEAN; LARVA; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 36849083592     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esl018     Document Type: Article

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