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Invertebrate Reproduction & Development Volume 20, 1991 - Issue 3
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Relationship of claw form and exoskeleton condition to reproductive system size and methyl farnesoate in the male spider crab, Libinia emarginata

ELLEN HOMOLA Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Box U-125, Storrs, C 06269, U.S.A. Phone: (203) 486-4117 Fax: (203) 486-4117
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AMIR SAGI Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Box U-125, Storrs, C 06269, U.S.A. Phone: (203) 486-4117 Fax: (203) 486-4117
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HANS LAUFER Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Box U-125, Storrs, C 06269, U.S.A. Phone: (203) 486-4117 Fax: (203) 486-4117
Pages 219-225 | Received 28 May 1991, Accepted 12 Jul 1991, Published online: 25 Feb 2011

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