Phylogenetic constraints in the muscular system of rotifer males: Investigation on the musculature of males versus females of Brachionus manjavacas and Epiphanes senta (Rotifera, Monogononta)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-119

  Leasi, F ^a   Fontaneto, D ^b,c   Melone, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Evolutionary ecology; Morphology; Muscles; Rotifera

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MUSCLE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

BRACHIONUS; EPIPHANES SENTA; LORICA; MONOGONONTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77957162143     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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