Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis in the free-living marine nematode Pontonema vulgare (Enoplida, Oncholaimidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1371-1382

  Yushin, Vladimir V ^a   Coomans, August ^b   Malakhov, Vladimir V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NEMATODES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

GAMETOGENESIS; NEMATODE; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENOPLIDA; ENOPLIDAE; NEMATODA; ONCHOLAIMIDAE; PONTONEMA VULGARE;

EID: 0036931139     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z02-127     Document Type: Article

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