Morphological changes in eupyrene and apyrene spermatozoa in the reproductive tract of the male butterfly atrophaneura alcinous klug

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Kubo Irie, M ^a   Irie, M ^b   Nakazawa, T ^a   Mohri, H ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apyrene sperm; Butterfly; Eupyrene sperm; Reproductive tract

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032408223     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1998.9652660     Document Type: Article

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