Ultrastructural study of spermiogenesis and the testicular and spermathecal spermatozoon of the gonochoristic tardigrade Xerobiotus pseudohufelandi (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-24

  Rebecchi, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0030774352     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199710)234:1<11::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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