Sperm storage and use in laboratory-reared Aplysia californica, a simultaneous hermaphrodite

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 727-732

  Ludwig, A N ^a   Walsh, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; SPERM;

APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 6344281047     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1358-y     Document Type: Article

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