Behaviors of nucleus, basal bodies and microtubules during eupyrene and apyrene spermiogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera)

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 715-722

  Yamashiki, Naoko ^a   Kawamura, Naoko ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apyrene; Eupyrene; Microtubule; Silkworm; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; SILKWORM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0030819675     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-5-00007.x     Document Type: Article

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