Spermiogenesis in Seison nebaliae (Rotifera, Seisonidea): Further evidence of a rotifer-acanthocephalan relationship

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 428-440

  Ferraguti, M ^a   Melone, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Rotifera; Seison; Spermatozoa; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; HELMINTH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANIMALIA; MONOGONONTA; ROTIFERA; SEISON; SEISON NEBALIAE; SEISONIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 0033496753     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0012     Document Type: Article

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