Spermatozoon structure and motility in the anuran Lepidobatrachus laevis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-34

  Waggener, William L ^b   Carroll Jr , Edward J ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran sperm; Fertilization; Hybrids

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ACCESSORY CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; EJACULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; LEPIDOBATRACHUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031941676     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-5-00004.x     Document Type: Article

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