Sperm ultrastructure and spermiogenesis in two Exogone species (Polychaeta, Syllidae, Exogoninae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-349

  Giangrande, Adriana ^a   Sciscioli, Margherita ^b   Lepore, Elena ^b   Mastrodonato, Maria ^b   Lupetti, Pietro ^c   Dallai, Romano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOGONE; EXOGONE DISPAR; EXOGONE NAIDINA; POLYCHAETA; SYLLIDAE;

EID: 0036453990     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00134.x     Document Type: Article

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