Eyespot behavior during the fertilization of gametes in Ulva arasakii Chihara (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Phycological Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 143-146

  Miyamura, Shinichi ^a   Hori, Terumitsu ^a   Nagumo, Tamotsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Eyespot; Fertilization; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Gamete; Ulva arasakii

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ULVA ARASAKII; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0042175249     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2003.tb00180.x     Document Type: Article

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