Breeding experiments of hermatypic coral Galaxea fascicularis: Partial reproductive isolation between colonies of different nematocyst types and enhancement of fertilization success by presence of parental colonies

Fisheries Science

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1342-1344

  Abe, Mariko ^a   Watanabe, Toshiki ^b   Hayakawa, Hideki ^b   Hidaka, Michio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Coral reef; Fertilization; Mitochondrial DNA; Reproductive barrier.

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; GALAXEA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 65249117470     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2008.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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