Indications of parthenogenesis and morphological differentiation in Hawaiian intertidal Fortuynia (Acari, Oribatida) populations

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Volumn 260, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-24

  Pfingstl, Tobias ^a   Jagersbacher Baumann, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bermuda; Juvenile; Maldives; Morphometry; Thelytoky; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; MALDIVES; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; FORTUYNIA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84949883761     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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