Posttesticular development of spermatozoa of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-288

  Setiadi, Dadi ^a,b   Lin, Minjie ^a   Rodger, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Disulphides; Epididymis; Marsupials; mBBR fluorescence; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; THIOL;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPERM MATURATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOA;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; CAPUT; EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0031054747     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878296001641     Document Type: Article

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