Transmission Electron Microscopic Observations on Spermatozoa in Seven Species of Puffers genus Takifugu (Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontiformes)

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 543-546

  Miyaki, Kadoo ^a   Yoshikoshi, Kazuma ^b   Tabeta, Osame ^b  

^a Tsushima Fisheries Extension Station   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Observation; Spermatozoa; Takifugu; TEM

Indexed keywords

OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU NIPHOBLES; TAKIFUGU PARDALIS; TAKIFUGU POECILONOTUS; TAKIFUGU PORPHYREUS; TAKIFUGU RADIATUS; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TAKIFUGU XANTHOPTERUS; TETRAODONTIDAE; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 0005562432     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.543     Document Type: Article

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