Ultrastructural study of spermatogenesis and the spermatozoon in Postorchigenes gymnesicus (Trematoda, Lecithodendriidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-232

  Gracenea, M ^a   Ferrer, J R ^a   Gonzalez Moreno O ^a   Trullols, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0030731172     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199712)234:3<223::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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