Morphology of the spermatozoa of the iguanian lizards Uta stansburiana and Urosaurus ornatus (Squamata, Phrynosomatidae)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-271

  Scheltinga, D M ^a   Jamieson, B G M ^a   Trauth, S E ^c   Mcallister, C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Natural Sciences Department   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Iguanid; Phrynosomatidae; Phylogeny; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure; Urosaurus; Uta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LIZARD; MALE; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; LIZARDS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034173367     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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