Ultrastructural changes during desiccation of the anhydrobiotic nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 312-323

  Wharton, David A ^a   Lemmon, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Desiccation; Ditylenchus dipsaci; Freeze substitution; Nematode

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CUTICLE; DESICCATION; FREEZE DRYING; HYDRATION; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE CELL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; WATER LOSS;

ANIMALIA; DITYLENCHUS DIPSACI; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031856138     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80044-X     Document Type: Article

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