Spermatogenesis and the structure of the testes in Isodiametra pulchra (Isodiametridae, Acoela)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-108

  Boone, Mieke ^a   Willems, Maxime ^a   Claeys, Myriam ^a   Artois, Tom ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acoela; Bilateria; Germline; Spermatogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; GENETIC MARKER; PHYLOGENETICS; SPERMATOPHORE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACOELA; BILATERIA;

EID: 79952607147     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2010.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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