The potential for oysters, crassostrea virginica, to develop resistance to dermo disease in the field: Evaluation using a gene-based population dynamics model

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 685-712

  Powell, Eric N ^a   Klinck, John M ^b   Guo, Ximing ^a   Ford, Susan E ^a   Bushek, David ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermo; model; oyster; resistance

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84856258724     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.030.0310     Document Type: Article

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