Spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure in cylindrostoma fingalianum (Platyhelminthes, Prolecithophora) with notes on a protozoan (kinetoplastid) symbiont closely associated with allosperm

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-282

  Watson, Nikki A ^a   Jondelius, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flatworm; Invertebrate; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030772396     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1997.9672633     Document Type: Article

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