Morphology of the ovotestis of Synaptula hydriformis (Holothuroidea, Apoda): An evolutionary model of oogenesis and the origin of egg polarity in echinoderms

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-66

  Frick, Jennifer E ^a   Ruppert, Edward E ^a,b   Wourms, John P ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ovary; Phylogeny; Polarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030060906     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226941     Document Type: Article

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