Ultrastructural studies on the differentiation of the sperm head in the sand skink Scincus mitranus (Anderson 1871) (Squamata, Reptilia)

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 471-482

  Al Dokhi, Othman A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Lizards; Sperm head differentiation; Spermatid; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

NEOSEPS REYNOLDSI; REPTILIA; SCINCUS MITRANUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030445266     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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