Comparative studies on the energy metabolism in spermatozoa of four closely related species of sea urchins (Genus Echinometra) in Okinawa

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 419-427

  Mita, Masatoshi ^a   Uehara, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Masaru ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echinometra species; Energy metabolism; Sea urchin spermatozoa; Speciation; Ultrastructural studies

Indexed keywords

ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMETRA; INVERTEBRATA;

FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; JAPAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0035984243     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.419     Document Type: Article

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