Equal sex ratios of a marine green alga, Bryopsis plumosa

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 648-652

  Togashi, Tatsuya ^a   Cox, Paul Alan ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute for Ethnomedicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal culture; Bryopsis; Green algae; Life history; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CULTURE; GAMETOGENESIS; GREEN ALGA; LIFE HISTORY; SEX RATIO; SPOROPHYTE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GERM CELL; GREEN ALGA; SEX RATIO;

ALGAE, GREEN; GERM CELLS; SEX RATIO;

ALGAE; BRYOPSIS; BRYOPSIS PLUMOSA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 45249096736     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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