Head morphology of Tricholepidion gertschi indicates monophyletic Zygentoma

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Blanke, Alexander ^a   Koch, Markus ^b   Wipfler, Benjamin ^c   Wilde, Fabian ^d   Misof, Bernhard ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lepidotrichidae; MicroCT; Muscle equipment; Synchrotron

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897475571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-16     Document Type: Article

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