Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723): Father of micromorphology and discoverer of spermatozoa

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-314

  Karamanou, M ^a   Poulakou Rebelakou, E ^a   Tzetis, M ^a   Androutsos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Leeuwenhoek; Microscope; Spermatozoon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHROCYTE; GERMINATION; HUMAN; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIST; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOZOON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIBRIONACEAE; ZOOLOGY;

CELL BIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78651401185     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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