Morphogenesis of the giant sperm axoneme in Asphondylia ruebsaameni Kertesz (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-197

  Mencarelli, C ^a   Lupetti, P ^a   Rosetto, M ^a   Dallai, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gall midge flies; Giant axoneme; Insect spermiogenesis; Sperm ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FLY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; ASPHONDYLIA RUEBSAAMENI; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034110282     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.2000.0103     Document Type: Article

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