Interspecific variation in structural organisation of the spermatozoon in the Asian bandicoot rats, Bandicota species (family Muridae)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-285

  Breed, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MURIDAE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0031664031     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1998.tb01279.x     Document Type: Article

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