Nuclear condensation in protozoan gametes and the evolution of anisogamy

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-295

  Dacks, J B ^a   Kasinsky, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Chromatin; Converg ence; Gametes; Nuclear condensation; Phylogenetics; Protozoa; Sperm

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; DIATOM; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032727015     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00117-8     Document Type: Review

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