Ultrastructure of the female gonad of two temnocephalids (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 215-226

  Falleni, Alessandra ^a   Lucchesi, Paolo ^a   Gremigni, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Female gonad; Platyhelminthes; Temnocephalida; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032447034     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003420417500     Document Type: Article

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