Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical investigation of acoel sperms with 9 + 1 axoneme structure: New sperm characters for unraveling phylogeny in Acoela

Zoomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Tekle, Yonas I ^a   Raikova, Olga I ^a,b   Justine, Jean Lou ^c   Hendelberg, Jan ^a   Jondelius, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Acoela; Cytoplasmic microtubules; Flagella; Immunocytochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACOELA; CHILDIA; CHILDIA GROENLANDICA; MECYNOSTOMIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 34248204198     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-006-0023-z     Document Type: Article

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