Influence of cadmium on development of surface ciliary structures in the ciliate Stylonychia mytilus (Ciliophora, Oxytrichidae)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-289

  Arora, Seema ^a   Gupta, Renu ^a   Machwe, Swati ^a   Sapra, Gulshan Rai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Developmental anomalies; Morphogenesis; Stylonychia

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS; OXYTRICHIDAE; PROTOZOA; STYLONYCHIA; STYLONYCHIA MYTILUS;

EID: 0033569578     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80006-6     Document Type: Article

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