Morphologic study of the efferent ductules of the pigeon (Columba livia)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-255

  Stefanini, Maíra A ^a   Orsi, Antonio M ^b   Gregório, Elisa A ^b   Viotto, Maria José S ^a   Baraldi Artoni, Silvana M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; EPIDIDYMIS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033486262     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199912)242:3<247::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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