Role of the tegument and gut in nutrient uptake by parasitic platyhelminths

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-232

  Dalton, John P ^a   Skelly, Patrick ^b   Halton, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; NUTRITION; TISSUE;

GUT; PLATYHELMINTHS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ECOMORPHOLOGY; FLATWORM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARASITE;

CESTODA; MONOGENEA; MONOPISTHOCOTYLEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYOPISTHOCOTYLEA; TREMATODA; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942465224     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-213     Document Type: Review

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