Clue to the origin of anucleate flame bulbs in some flatworms

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-23

  Watson, Nikki A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autolysis; Platyhelminthes; Protonephridia; Rhabdocoela

Indexed keywords

PLATYHELMINTHES; RHABDOCOELA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0033414188     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226908     Document Type: Article

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