Electron microscopy of sexual reproduction in Nephroselmis olivacea (Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Phycological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-283

  Suda, Shoichiro ^a,c   Watanabe, Makoto M ^a   Inouye, Isao ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Endoplasmic reticulum; Germination; Nephroselmis olivacea; Prasinophyceae; Sexual reproduction; Zygote formation; Zygote wall

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAMETE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NEPHROSELMIS; NEPHROSELMIS OLIVACEA; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 6344281170     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2004.tb00337.x     Document Type: Article

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