Intra-follicular visceral musculature in Omorgus freyi (HAAF) (Coleoptera: Trogidae) testes

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 5-11

  Friedlander, Michael ^a   Jeger, Rina Eren ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atypical insect follicle; Beetle testes; Intrafollicular vas efferens; Intratesticular sperm mobilization; Muscular slow supercontraction; Musculature migration during phylogenesis; Reproductive strategies; Z line membrane attachment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VAS DEFERENS; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0033120852     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7322(98)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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