A molecular dissection of the mating system of the dungeness crab, metacarcinus magister (Brachyura: Cancridae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-456

  Jensen, Pamela C ^a,b   Bentzen, Paul ^b,c  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

external fertilization; genetic incompatibility; mating system; microsatellite; multiple paternity; paternity analysis; self displacement; sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CANCER MAGISTER; CANCRIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84862893601     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/193724012X626458     Document Type: Article

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