Ontogenesis in a trachelocercid ciliate (Ciliophora: Karyorelictea), Sultanophrys arabica, with an account of evolution at the base of the ciliate tree

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-290

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Interstitial ciliates; Morphogenesis; Postciliodesmatophora; Stomatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL KINETICS; CELL MIGRATION; EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULTANOPHRYS ARABICA;

EID: 0032762342     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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