Ultrastructure and development of the body cuticle of Oesophagostomum dentatum (Strongylida, Nematoda)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 820-828

  Neuhaus, Birger ^a,b   Bresciani, José ^a   Christensen, Charlotte M ^a   Frandsen, Flemming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUTICLE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM;

NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDAE; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0029840987     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283897     Document Type: Article

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