Nematode specific gravity profiles and applications to flotation extraction and taxonomy

Nematology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-210

  Carta, Lynn K ^a   Carta, David G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Chi squared; Density; Distortion; Osmotic; Pratylenchus; Sugar flotation

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PRATYLENCHUS AGILIS;

EID: 0034037979     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854100508935     Document Type: Article

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