Morphological evidence that spermatogenic cells undergo apoptosis within testis of diapausing swallowtail pupa (Atrophaneura alcinous)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-201

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

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0033081730     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990201)283:2<194::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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