Apoptosis in polyploid cells of the blood-sucking hemipteran, triatoma infestans klug

Caryologia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-287

  Maria, Luiza S Mello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Development; Image analysis; Polyploidies; Stress; T. infestans

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 33751213855     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2005.10589464     Document Type: Article

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