Between a whale bone and the deep blue sea: The provenance of dwarf males in whale bone-eating tubeworms

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 4395-4397

  Whiteman, Noah K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annelida; Cetacea; Male dwarf; Marine larval ecology; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS; WHALE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYCHAETA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMBIOSIS; WHALES;

ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; OSEDAX; SIBOGLINIDAE;

EID: 53749083716     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03938.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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