Proboscis profiler: A tool for detecting acanthocephalan morphotypes

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-167

  Wayland, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ECHINORHYNCHUS GADI;

EID: 77953482244     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-010-9245-z     Document Type: Article

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