Ultrastructure of nuclear condensation and localization of DNA and proteins in spermatozoa of a dasyurid marsupial, Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-227

  Soon, L L L ^a   Breed, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromatin condensation; Marsupial; Nuclear envelope; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030068280     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199602)43:2<217::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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