Does fertilization in the filarial nematode Dirofilaria immitis occur through endocytosis of spermatozoa?

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-95

  Sacchi, L ^a   Corona, S ^a   Casiraghi, M ^b   Bandi, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Filarial worms; Membranous organelles; MO; Spermatozoa; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FILARIA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIS CATUS; FILARIA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0036319289     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001008964     Document Type: Article

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