Comparative biology of oogenesis in nemertean worms

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-230

  Stricker, Stephen A ^a   Smythe, Toni L ^a   Miller, Leonard ^a   Norenburg, Jon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b National Museum of American History   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Endoplasmic reticulum; Nucleoli; Oocyte maturation; Ovary; Serotonin; Ultrastructure; Vitellogenesis; Yolk

Indexed keywords

NEMERTEAN; NEMERTEANS;

EID: 0003301904     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.2000.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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