Bidirectional sex change in mushroom stony corals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1649, 2008, Pages 2335-2343

  Loya, Yossi ^a   Sakai, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral reproduction; Fungia; Reproductive strategies; Reproductive success; Sequential hermaphroditism; Sex change

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DIOECY; FITNESS; MORTALITY; MUSHROOM; PROTANDRY; PROTOGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEX REVERSAL; SEXUALITY;

ARTICLE; CORAL; CTENACTIS ECHINATA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FUNGIA REPANDA; GROWTH RATE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ANTHOZOA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CTENACTIS ECHINATA; FUNGIA; FUNGIA REPANDA; FUNGIIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 51449092871     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0675     Document Type: Article

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