Ultrastructural and cytochemical aspects of the female gonad of Geoplana burmeisteri (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 318-332

  Falleni, Alessandra ^a   Lucchesi, Paolo ^a   Ghezzani, Claudio ^a   Silveira, Marina ^b   Gremigni, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accessory cell; Female gonad; Oocyte; Platyhelminthes Tricladida; Vitellocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GONAD; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GONADS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PLATYHELMINTHS;

DUGESIIDAE; GEOPLANA BURMEISTERI; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROSERIATA; TERRICOLA; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 33645553358     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10405     Document Type: Article

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