Histological analysis of the egg capsule of the ovoviviparous polystomatid monogenean, Pseudodiplorchis americanus

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1075-1080

  Cable, J ^a   Tocque, K ^b   Tinsley, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eggshell; Elastin; Histochemistry; Keratin; Monogenea; Polystomatidae

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; KERATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; TREMATODE; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OVUM; TREMATODA; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MONOGENEA; POLYSTOMATIDAE; PSEUDODIPLORCHIS AMERICANUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030766984     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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