Spermatogenesis of the freshwater clam Corbicula aff. Fluminea muller (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 185-189

  Konishi, Kooichi ^a   Kawamura, Kouichi ^a   Furuita, Hirofumi ^a   Komaru, Akira ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corbicula; Flagella; Hermaphrodite; Spermatogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CORBICULA LEANA;

EID: 0031854617     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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