Brood sex ratio in the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) is determined genetically and not by environmental factors

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-275

  Yusa, Yoichi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SNAIL;

AMPULLARIIDAE; GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POMACEA; POMACEA CANALICULATA;

EID: 4043076996     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/70.3.269     Document Type: Article

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