Do Micrognathozoa have micro-genomes?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 640-644

  Gorelick, Root ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C value; Genome content; Limnognathia maerski; Platyzoa; Rotifer; Sclerite

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; GENOMICS; INVERTEBRATE; MICROORGANISM; SCLERITE; SIZE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; GNATHOSTOMULIDA; LIMNOGNATHIA MAERSKI; METAZOA; MICROGNATHOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84902546809     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12284     Document Type: Article

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