Development of the female reproductive system in the freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda, Parastacidae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-443

  Vazquez, Fernanda J ^a   Tropea, Carolina ^a   López Greco, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

"red claw"; Functional morphology; Ovary; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 57349119334     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2008.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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