Position and development of oocytes in velvet worms shed light on the evolution of the ovary in Onychophora and Arthropoda

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-33

  Mayer, Georg ^a   Tait, Noel N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Articulata; Endogenous; Exogenous; Oogenesis; Panarthropoda; Phylogeny; Pseudoendogenous

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; ONYCHOPHORA; PANARTHROPODA;

EID: 69549118632     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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