Ultrastructural and cytochemical study of the vitellaria in the marine triclad Sabussowia dioica (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-256

  Tekaya, S ^a   Zghal, F ^a   Gremigni, V ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana e Biologia Applicata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Egg shell; Platyhelminthes Turbellaria; Ultrastructure; Vitelline cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009038797     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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