A study on macronuclear chromatin structure in Colpoda inflata (Protozoa, Ciliophora) by means of image analysis

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-188

  Delmonte Corrado, M U ^a   Pelli, P ^a   Chessa, M G ^a   Margallo, E ^b   Lattes, A ^a   Nicolo G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colpodidae; image analysis; life cycle; macronucleus; Markovian variables; morphometric and densitometric parameters; resting encystment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; CILIATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MACROMOLECULE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CILIOPHORA; DENSITOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; COLPODA INFLATA; COLPODIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 12644250068     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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