Postembryonic development of hard jaws (trophi) in a species belonging to the Brachionus plicatilis complex (Rotifera, Monogononta): A morphometric analysis

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 296-301

  Fontaneto, Diego ^a   Melone, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Morphology; Postembryonic development; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CLONING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MORPHOLOGY;

BODY SIZES; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; LEFT-RIGHT ASYMMETRY; MONOGONONTA; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; POST-EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ROTIFERA; SHAPE AND SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICS; STRUCTURE CHANGE;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; CLONE; HARDNESS; HATCHING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAW; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTIFERA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; BDELLOIDA; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; LORICA; METAZOA; MONOGONONTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33645943083     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20319     Document Type: Article

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