Fine structure of the spermatophore and spermatozoa in inseminated females of Pergamasus mites (Acari: Gamasida: Pergamasidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-18

  Alberti, Gerd ^a   Gegner, Andreas ^b   Witaliñski, Wojciech ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Evolution; Female genital system; Fertilization; Functional morphology; Mites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; MITE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITES; OVARY; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; GAMASIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PERGAMASUS;

EID: 0033948804     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4687(200007)245:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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