A Fine Structure Study of Physarum polycephalum During Transformation from Sclerotium to Plasmodium: A Six‐Stage Description

The Journal of Protozoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 213-223

  ANDERSON, O ROGER ^a,b  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental physiology; dormancy; fine structure of development; protistan developmental stages; Sarcodina; slime molds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986527733     PISSN: 00223921     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1992.tb01305.x     Document Type: Article

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