Karyogamy follows plasmogamy in the life cycle of Derbesia tenuissima (Chlorophyta)

Phycologia

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 330-333

  Lee, Sang Hee ^a   Motomura, Taizo ^a   Ichimura, Terunobu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DERBESIA; DERBESIA TENUISSIMA; EUKARYOTA; NOTARIS;

EID: 0032324160     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-37-5-330.1     Document Type: Article

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