Characteristics of spermiogenesis and mature spermatozoa in Gyratrix hermaphroditus (Plathelminthes, Rhabdocoela, Kalyptorhynchia)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-176

  Sopott Ehlers, Beate ^a   Ehlers, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; GYRATRIX HERMAPHRODITUS; KALYPTORHYNCHIA; NEODERMATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; RHABDOCOELA;

EID: 0032358916     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050066     Document Type: Article

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