Prosobranch parasperm: Sterile germ cells that promote paternity?

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Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-280

  Buckland Nicks, John ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastropoda; Mollusca; Percoll separation; Sperm competition; Sperm dimorphism; Spermatogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032146790     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(97)00064-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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