Ultrastructure of the spermatozoa of the small abalone, Sulculus diversicolor supertexa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Haliotidae)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-244

  Gwo, J C ^a   Chang, H H ^a   Jong, K J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abalone; Gastropoda; Haliotidae; Mollusc; Sperm; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010492446     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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