SEM morphological analysis of fertilized cysts in the genus Branchipus (Branchiopoda, Anostraca): Can cyst morphology be used as a reliable taxonomic criterion?
| Autor: | Dragana Milicic, Brigita Petrov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Branchiopoda biology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Zoology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Branchipus General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology taxonomy lcsh:Biology (General) Anostraca SEM Morphological analysis medicine Taxonomy (biology) Cyst cyst morphology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences lcsh:QH301-705.5 |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Biological Sciences, Vol 61, Iss 3, Pp 563-569 (2009) |
| ISSN: | 1821-4339 0354-4664 |
| Popis: | In order to illuminate taxonomic significance of cyst variability (as a part of total morphological variability) in the genus Branchipus, cysts (fertilized eggs) originating from southern parts of the Pannonian Plain are described on the basis of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations. The present study sets out to: 1) improve knowledge on use of egg morphology as a reliable taxonomic criterion in the genus Branchipus; 2) discuss egg variability in Pannonian populations; and 3) briefly discuss possible adaptive implications of egg morphology from the evolutionary point of view. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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