Ultrastructure of the ovary and oogenesis in six species of patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda) from South Africa

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-277

  Hodgson, Alan N ^a   Eckelbarger, Kevin J ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg coat; Follicle cell; Gametogenesis; Mollusca; Reproduction; Trabeculae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034347091     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00013.x     Document Type: Article

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