Internal fertilization in the salp Thalia democratica

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 928-940

  Boldrin, F ^a   Martinucci, G ^a   Holland, L Z ^b   Miller, R L ^c   Burighel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GAMETE; INVERTEBRATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIACEA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PEGEA SOCIA; SALPIDA; THALIA DEMOCRATICA; THALIACEA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 71449124367     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-083     Document Type: Article

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