Chorionic fine structure of eggs from some species of proboscidoplocia (ephemeroptera, ephemeroidea)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Gaino, Elda ^a   Sartori, Michel ^b   Rebora, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Musee de Zoologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chorion; Egg envelopes; Malagasy mayflies; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038971960     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000109356376     Document Type: Article

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