Ultrastructure of the Male Gonad and Spermatogenesis in the Lesion Nematode, Pratylenchus penetrans (Nemata: Pratylenchidae)

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-242

  Endo, Burton Y ^a   Zunke, Ulrich ^b   Wergin, William P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Lesion nematode; Male gonad; Pratylenchus penetrans; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742579568     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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