Nuclear morphogenesis and the role of the manchette during spermiogenesis in the ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 563-576

  Soley, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Nuclear shaping; Spermatids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL GRANULE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; MORPHOGENESIS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0030913717     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878297001945     Document Type: Article

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