Encyclopedia of Parasitology

2008 Edition
| Editors: Heinz Mehlhorn

Hologonic Ovaries

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48996-2_1484

In hologonic ovaries which are found in trichurid  nematodes the oogonia cover the entire wall of the ovarial tube. The germ cells develop via the various stages of oogenesis while moving from the wall towards the lumen of the ovary (  Nematodes/Reproductive Organs).

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