Genome size as a determinant of growth and life-history traits in crustaceans

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-399

  Hessen, Dag O ^a   Persson, Jonas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body size; Crustacea; Development; Growth rate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIPODA; CALANOIDA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 70349202083     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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