Use of the sterile male technique to investigate sperm competition, storage, and use in a pill box crab, Halicarcinus cookii (Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-69

  Van Den Brink, Anneke M ^a   McLay, Colin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding; Fertilization; Halicarcinus cookii; Mating; Reproduction; Sperm; Sterile males

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CALAPPIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYMENOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 61449194187     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/08-2989.1     Document Type: Article

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