Spermatozoon structure and spermiogenesis in four species of melanopsis (gastropoda, prosobranchia, cerithioidea) from Israel

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-200

  Hodgson, Alan N ^a   Heller, Joseph ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Euspermatozoa; Microfilaments; Paraspermatogenesis; Paraspermatozoa; Sertoli cell; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIS;

EID: 0033929644     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2000.9652419     Document Type: Article

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