Conjugation in the marine aloricate oligotrich Pelagostrobilidium (Ciliophora: Oligotrichia)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-160

  Ota, Takashi ^a   Taniguchi, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Conjugation; Morphogenesis; Nuclear events; Pelagostrobilidium

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; HYPOTRICHIA; OLIGOTRICHIA; OLIGOTRICHS; PELAGOSTROBILIDIUM;

EID: 0041347565     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00878     Document Type: Article

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