Electron microscopical localization of chitin in the cuticle of Halicryptus spinulosus and Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) using gold-labelled wheat germ agglutinin: Phylogenetic implications for the evolution of the cuticle within the Nemathelminthes

Zoomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-158

  Lemburg, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALICRYPTUS SPINULOSUS; LORICA; NEMATOIDA; PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULUS CAUDATUS; SCALIDOPHORA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032347459     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050064     Document Type: Article

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