Reproductive strategies and karyotype of the burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 126-133

  Kaplan, D T ^a,b   Opperman, C H ^c  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University ^*  (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana; Caenorhabditis elegans; Citrus; Egg; Evolution; Genetics; Hermaphrodite; Karyotype; Nematode; Oogenesis; Ovary; Ovatestis; Parthenogenesis; Polar body; Quarantine; Radopholus; Sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034336724     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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