Sperm storage in the spermatheca of the Red-Back Salamander, Plethodon cinereus (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-146

  Sever, David M ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTER; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 0031282621     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199711)234:2<131::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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