The unique ultrastructure of the uterus of the Gyrocotylidea Poche, 1926 (Cestoda) and its phylogenetic implications

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-93

  Poddubnaya, Larisa G ^a   Kuchta, Roman ^b,c   Levron, Céline ^b   Gibson, David I ^d   Scholz, Tomáš ^b,c  

^a PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; EUKARYOTA; GYROCOTYLE URNA; GYROCOTYLIDEA; NEODERMATA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; UTERUS;

EID: 70350759845     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-009-9195-5     Document Type: Article

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