Visualizing the complex substructure of euglenid pellicle strips with SEM

Phycologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-532

  Esson, Heather J ^a   Leander, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Character evolution; Cytoskeleton; Euglenids; Morphology; Pellicle; Scanning electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EUGLENIDA; LEPOCINCLIS FUSIFORMIS; PHACUS LONGICAUDA;

EID: 53049091089     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/08-26.1     Document Type: Article

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