Water loss and morphological changes during desiccation of the anhydrobiotic nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1085-1093

  Wharton, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Desiccation; Ditylenchus dipsaci; Morphology; Nematode

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001123390     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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