The ultrastructure of spermatozoa of the Australian freshwater crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft, 1873 (Crocodylidae, Reptilia)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-274

  Jamieson, B G M ^a   Scheltinga, D M ^a   Tucker, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crocodylidae; Crocodylus johnstoni; Phylogeny; Reptilia; Spermatozoon; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013629119     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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