Ontogeny of the complex sperm in the macrostomid flatworm Macrostomum lignano (macrostomorpha, rhabditophora)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-174

  Willems, Maxime ^a   Leroux, Frederic ^a   Claeys, Myriam ^a   Boone, Mieke ^a   Mouton, Stijn ^a   Artois, Tom ^b   Borgonie, Gaëtan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bristles; Flatworm; Macrostomum lignano; Spermiogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLATYHELMINTHS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

MACROSTOMIDA; MACROSTOMORPHA; MACROSTOMUM LIGNANO; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 64349104047     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10675     Document Type: Article

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