A new variant of the neodermatan-type spermiogenesis in a parasitic 'turbellarian', Notentera ivanovi (Platyhelminthes) and the origin of the Neodermata

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-152

  Kornakova, Elena E ^a   Joffe, Boris I ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Flatworms; Phylogeny; Sperm; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CENTRIOLE; FLAGELLUM; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TAXONOMY; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALIA; FECAMPIIDAE; MEDIOFUSATA; NEODERMATA; NOTENTERA; NOTENTERA IVANOVI; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0033120442     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.1999.80220012.x     Document Type: Article

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