Gonomery and chromatin diminution in Mesocyclops longisetus (Copepoda)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 180-184

  Rasch, Ellen M ^a   Wyngaard, Grace A ^b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copepoda; Developmental biology; DNA; Mesocyclops

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; MESOCYCLOPS; MESOCYCLOPS LONGISETUS;

EID: 39149133182     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/07-2847R.1     Document Type: Article

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