Origin and possible role of males in hermaphroditic androgenetic Corbicula clams

Zoological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 526-531

  Houki, Shouji ^a   Yamada, Mitsuya ^b   Honda, Takako ^b   Komaru, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

androgenesis; Corbicula; cytochrome b; fertilization; hermaphrodite

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GONAD; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIVALVIA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MALE; PLOIDIES;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CORBICULA JAPONICA; CORBICULA LEANA; CORBICULA SANDAI;

EID: 80052420249     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.526     Document Type: Article

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