Ultrastructure of the non-germinal cells in the testes of ascidians (Urochordata) and their role in the phagocytosis of sperm

Zoomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-113

  Jørgensen, Christian ^a   Lützen, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIACEA; ASCIDIELLA ASPERSA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLAVA; CLAVELINA LEPADIFORMIS; DENDRODOA GROSSULARIA; ENTEROGONA; EUKARYOTA; GROSSULARIA; MOLGULA MANHATTENSIS; PLEUROGONA; STYELA CLAVA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 1842660140     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050035     Document Type: Article

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