Ultrastructure and histochemistry of the testicular efferent duct system and spermiogenesis in Opistognathus whitehurstii (Teleostei, Trachinoidei)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-102

  Manni, Lucia ^a   Rasotto, Maria Berica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPISTOGNATHUS; TELEOSTEI; TRACHINOIDEI;

EID: 0031515391     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050034     Document Type: Article

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