Microsporidia infections in the amphipod, Echinogammarus marinus (Leach): Suggestions of varying causal mechanisms to intersexuality

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 461-470

  Yang, Gongda ^a,c   Short, Stephen ^a   Kille, Peter ^b   Ford, Alex T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; FUNGUS; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE;

ENGLAND; PORTSMOUTH [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; DICTYOCOELA BERILLONUM; DICTYOCOELA DUEBENUM; ECHINOGAMMARUS MARINUS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 78651453515     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1573-7     Document Type: Article

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