Seasonal fluctuations of female reproductive organs in the salamander Hynobius nigrescens

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 598-605

  Hasumi, Masato ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fat body; Hynobius nigrescens; Ovary; Oviduct; Reproductive cycle; Salamander; Ventral gland

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; HYNOBIIDAE; HYNOBIUS; HYNOBIUS NIGRESCENS; MENTHA;

EID: 0030425389     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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