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Spermiogenesis and submicroscopic features of spermatozoa in Typhloplana viridata (Plathelminthes, Rhabdocoela, Typhloplaninae)

BEATE SOPOTT-EHLERS Institut für Zoologie, Anthropologie und Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität Göttingen, Berlinerstr. 28, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany Phone: +49 (551) 39 54 60 Fax: +49 (551) 39 54 60 E-mail: [email protected]
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ULRICH EHLERS Institut für Zoologie, Anthropologie und Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität Göttingen, Berlinerstr. 28, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany Phone: +49 (551) 39 54 60 Fax: +49 (551) 39 54 60 E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 239-248 | Received 28 Jun 2004, Accepted 11 Sep 2004, Published online: 01 Dec 2010

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