Stomatogenesis in the karyorelictean ciliate Loxodes striatus: A light and scanning microscopical study

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-40

  Bardele, Christian F ^a   Klindworth, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buccokinetal stomatogenesis; Ciliate evolution; Ciliophora; Karyorelictea; Loxodes striatus; Morphogenesis; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030045169     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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