An ultrastructural study of spermatozoa of the Majidae with particular reference to the aberrant spermatozoon of Macropodia longirostris (Crustacea, Decapoda, brachyura)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-206

  Jamieson, Barrie G M ^a   Scheltinga, David M ^a   De Forges, Bertrand Richer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIOLE; CRUSTACEA; MALE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALIA; ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; HYMENOSOMATIDAE; MACROPODIA LONGIROSTRIS; MAJIDAE; PARTHENOPIDAE; SPHENOCARCINUS;

EID: 0031869629     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1998.tb01158.x     Document Type: Article

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