Sex-specific cell surface structure of anisogametes: Morphological changes during fertilization of Bryopsis maxima (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) revealed by ultra-high-resolution field emission SEM

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-125

  Miyamura, Shinichi ^a   Sakaushi, Shinji ^a   Hori, Terumitsu ^a   Mitsuhashi, Fusako ^b   Nagumo, Tamotsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Bryopsis maxima; Cell surface; Fertilization; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Gamete; Planozygote; Ulvophyceae

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA;

ALGAE; BRYOPSIS MAXIMA; CHLOROPHYTA; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 13944274969     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.04124.x     Document Type: Article

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