Immunocytochemical evidence of a tubulin reserve at the tip of growing flagella in spermatogenesis of the Mediterranean mealmoth, Ephestia kuehniella Z. (Pyralidae, Lepidoptera, Insecta)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-84

  Wolf, Klaus Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

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EID: 0030045145     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1996.tb01254.x     Document Type: Article

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