The ultrastructure of the spermatozoa of the lizard Micrablepharus maximiliani (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), with considerations on the use of sperm ultrastructure characters in phylogenetic reconstruction

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-59

  Teixeira, Ruscaia D ^a,b   Colli, Guarino R ^a   Báo, Sônia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Spermatozoa; Squamata; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; LIZARD; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPERMATOZOON;

MICRABLEPHARUS MAXIMILIANI;

EID: 0033055207     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.1999.20010.x     Document Type: Article

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