Meiotic structures in the animal-parasitic nematode Ascaris megalocephala: Synaptonemal complexes, recombination nodules, and centrioles

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Merlin, J ^a   Goldstein, A ^a   Goldstein, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaris megalocephala; Centriole; Nematode; Polycomplex; Recombination nodule; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NEMATODA;

EID: 0042068313     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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