Spermatozoa of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Eucestoda): Advances in ultrastructural and phylogenetic studies

Biological Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 523-543

  Levron, Céline ^a   Miquel, Jordi ^b   Oros, Mikuláš ^a,c   Scholz, Tomáš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

classification; Eucestoda; phylogeny; Platyhelminthes; spermatozoon; spermiogenesis; tapeworm; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CESTODE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CESTODA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

CARYOPHYLLIDEA; CESTODA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; DIPHYLLIDEA; EUCESTODA; INVERTEBRATA; LECANICEPHALIDEA; NIPPOTAENIIDEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; SPATHEBOTHRIIDEA; TETRAPHYLLIDEA; TRYPANORHYNCHA;

EID: 77954601310     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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