Microanatomy and development of the dwarf male of Symbion pandora (Phylum Cycliophora): new insights from ultrastructural investigation based on serial section electron microscopy.

Cycliophorans have a complex life cycle that involves several sexual and asexual stages. One of the sexual stages is the 40 μm-long dwarf male, which is among the smallest free-living metazoans. Although the dwarf male has a highly complex body plan, this minute organism is composed of a very low nu...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Cardoso Neves, Heinrich Reichert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4398483?pdf=render