Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis in cerastoderma glaucum (cardiacea) and spisula subtruncata (mactracea)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 227-238

  Erkan, Melike ^a   Sousa, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Heterodonta; Mollusca; Spermatogenesis; Veneroida

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035743807     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2001.9652722     Document Type: Article

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