An ultrastructural study of spermiogenesis in three species of Physalaemus (Anura, Leptodactylidae)

Biocell

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-221

  Amaral, Maurício J L V ^a,b   Fernandes, Adrienne P ^a,c   Báo, Sônia N ^c   Recco Pimentel, Shirlei M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; P. fuscomaculatus; P. gracilis; Physalaemus biligonigerus; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ADOLESCENT; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; PHYSALAEMUS BILIGONIGERUS; PHYSALAEMUS FUSCOMACULATUS; PHYSALAEMUS GRACILIS;

EID: 0033402370     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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