Spermatozoon and spermiogenesis in Mesocoelium monas (Platyhelminthes: Digenea): Ultrastructure and epifluorescence microscopy of labelling of tubulin and nucleus

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-32

  Iomini, Carlo ^a   Mollaret, Isabelle ^a   Albaret, Jean Louis ^a   Justine, Jean Lou ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Digenea; immunocytochemistry; Platyhelminthes; spermatozoon; tubul in; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CELL NUCLEUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PLATYHELMINTHS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TUBULIN;

EID: 0031009098     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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