Distribution of Calcium and Chitin in the Tardigrade Feeding Apparatus in Relation to its Function and Morphology

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 241-252

  Guidetti, Roberto ^a   Bonifacio, Alois ^b   Altiero, Tiziana ^a   Bertolani, Roberto ^a   Rebecchi, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TARDIGRADA;

CALCIUM; CHITIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; JAW; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TARDIGRADA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALCIUM; CHITIN; JAW; PHYLOGENY; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84939612660     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icv008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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