Karyology and karyometric analysis of an afrotropical freshwater planarian (platyhelminthes, tricladida)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-93

  Stocchino, Giacinta Angela ^a   Manconi, Renata ^a   Corso, Gavina ^a   Pala, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Aneuploidy; Dugesia aethiopica; Flatworms; Mixoploidy

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; FLATWORM; KARYOTYPE; PLOIDY;

AFRICA;

DUGESIA AETHIOPICA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 4444322836     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356557     Document Type: Article

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