Newly identified 'wanderer' cells in the dicyemid mesozoan Kantharella antarctica: A new mode of reproduction?

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-328

  Czaker, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

'wanderer' cells; Amoeboid movement; Dicyemid mesozoans; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0035412164     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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