Ultrastructural changes in the oviductal mucosa throughout the sexual cycle in Bufo arenarum

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-73

  Winik, Beatriz C ^a   Alcaide, María F ^a   Crespo, Claudia A ^a   Medina, Marcela F ^a   Ramos, Inés ^a   Fernández, Silvia N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bufo arenarum; Ciliated cells; Electron microscopy; Oviductal mucosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032953076     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199901)239:1<61::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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