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Molecular evidence for high frequency of multiple paternity in a freshwater shrimp species Caridina ensifera.
PloS one - 14 Sept 2010
Yue Gen Hua, Chang Alex
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Molecular genetic analyses of parentage provide insights into mating systems. Although there are 22,000 members in Malacostraca, not much has been known about mating systems in Malacostraca. The freshwater shrimp Caridina ensifera blue, is a new species belonging to Malacostraca which was discovered recently in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Due to its small body size and low fecundity, this species is an ideal...
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