Ultrastructure of the vitelline coat in the ascidians Phallusia mammillata, Ascidia mentula and Ciona intestinalis: New aspects revealed by freeze-substitution and deep-etching

Marine Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-224

  Eisenhut, M ^a   Honegger, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0030967367     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050085     Document Type: Article

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