The length of the sperm nucleus in drosophila obscura group species is depending on the total length of the sperm

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-229

  Bircher, U ^a   Hauschteck jungen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nucleus length; Obscura group species; Sperm heteromorphism; Sperm length; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030803744     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1997.9672628     Document Type: Article

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