Fission in Convolutriloba longifissura: Asexual reproduction in acoelous turbellarians revisited

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-239

  Åkesson, Bertil ^a   Gschwentner, Robert ^b   Hendelberg, Jan ^a,c   Ladurner, Peter ^b   Müller, Johann ^b   Rieger, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoelomorpha; Architomy; Evolution; Platyhelminthes; Regenteration; Symsagittiferidae

Indexed keywords

ACOELA; ACOELOMORPHA; ANIMALIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0004965383     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.2000.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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