Predator-induced morphological changes in the Ciliate Colpidium (Protozoa, Ciliophora)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-117

  Fyda, Janusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Inducible transformation; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator prey relations

Indexed keywords

CLONE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; KINETICS; KINETOSOME; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION;

COLPIDIUM CAMPYLUM; COLPIDIUM COLPODA; COLPIDIUM KLEINI;

EID: 0032537587     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(98)80020-5     Document Type: Article

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