Spermiogenesis and submicroscopic morphology of spermatozoa in myozona purpurea (platyhelminthes, macrostomida)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 309-320

  Sopott Ehlers, Beate ^a   Ehlers, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Macrostomida; Myozona purpurea; Phylogeny; Platyhelminthes; Spermatozoa; Spermiogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032436486     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1998.9652665     Document Type: Article

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