Spermiogenesis and spermiation in a marsupial, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-395

  Lin, Minjie ^a   Harman, Amanda ^a   Rodger, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Marsupial spermiogenesis; Spermatids; Spermatogenesis; Tammar wallaby; Testicular spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030891786     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878296001744     Document Type: Article

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