Spermatozoa of two Eledone species (Cephalopoda, Octopoda)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 613-620

  Selmi, M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Dept Evolutionary Biology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cephalopoda; Octopoda; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MERCAPTOETHANOL;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; CHROMATIN; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; ELEDONE; ELEDONE CIRRHOSA; ELEDONE MOSCHATA; OCTOPODA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS SP.;

EID: 0029826124     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80064-4     Document Type: Article

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