Spermiogenesis and spermatozoon of the tapeworm ligula intestinalis (Diphyllobothriidea): Phylogenetic implications

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Levron, Cline ^a   Sitko, Jilj ^a,b   Scholz, Tomáš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Moravian Ornithological Station at P erov   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FLATWORM; PHYLOGENETICS; SEABIRD; SPERM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; BOTHRIOCEPHALIDEA; CENTRIOLE; CESTODE; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; FLAGELLUM; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CESTODIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

LIGULA INTESTINALIS; PODICEPS CRISTATUS; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; CZECH REPUBLIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 64549162766     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1646.1     Document Type: Article

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