Acoel spermatozoa: Ultrastructure and immunocytochemistry of tubulin

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 207-214

  Raikova, Olga I ^a,b   Flyatchinskaya, Ludmila P ^a   Justine, Jean Lou ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoela; Immunocytochemistry; Microtubules; Platyhelminthes; Spermatozoa; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032444048     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003483326161     Document Type: Article

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