Ultrastructural and functional aspects of the spermatheca of the African Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche and Fairmaire) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-361

  Lay, Martin ^a   Zissler, Dieter ^a   Hartmann, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fine structure; Insect; Receptaculum seminis; Secretory unit; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; LOCUST; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0033502532     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7322(99)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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