Proximo-distal fusion of flagella during spermiogenesis in the “turbellarian” platyhelminth urastoma cyprinae, and phylogenetic implications

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-117

  Watson, Nikki A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neodermata; Phylogeny; Platyhelminthes; Spermatozoa; Spermiogenesis; Turbellaria; Ultrastructure; Urastoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030949609     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1997.9672611     Document Type: Article

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