The ovarian structure and mode of egg production in two polygamous pipefishes: A link to mating pattern

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1833-1846

  Sogabe, A ^a   Ahnesjo I ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mating pattern; Oogenesis; Ovarian morphology; Phylogenetic constraints; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OVARY; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; OVIPARITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

NEROPHIS OPHIDION; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHUS; SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE;

EID: 79958245717     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02973.x     Document Type: Article

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