The unseen World: Reflections on Leeuwenhoek (1677) ‘Concerning little animals’

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1666, 2015, Pages

  Lane, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animalcule; Bacteria; Eukaryote; Leeuwenhoek; Protozoa; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL METHOD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOME; GERM CELL; NEW RECORD; PROTOZOAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; ZOOLOGY;

HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; MICROSCOPY; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 84924326185     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0344     Document Type: Review

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