Mate choice of an endogeic earthworm revealed by microsatellite markers

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 375-379

  Novo, Marta ^a   Almodóvar, Ana ^a   Fernández, Rosa M ^a   Gutiérrez, Mónica ^a   Díaz Cosín, Darío J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endogeic earthworm; Mate choice; Microsatellite markers; Sperm; Spermathecae

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; MATE CHOICE; SOIL FAUNA; SPERM;

HORMOGASTER ELISAE;

EID: 77957375406     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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