Responses to Hypergravity in Proliferation of Paramecium tetraurelia

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1373-1380

  Kato, Yuko ^a   Mogami, Yoshihiro ^a   Baba, Shoji A ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autogamy immaturity; Axenic culture; Hypergravity; Paramecium; Proliferation rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; HYPERGRAVITY; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

ANIMALIA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

EID: 0842311337     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.1373     Document Type: Article

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