Fine structural study of the spermatogenic cycle in Pitar rudis and Chamelea gallina (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 262-272

  Erkan, M ^a   Sousa, M ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Heterodonta; Mollusca; Spermatogenesis; Veneroida

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; LIPID;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GERM CELL; GERMINAL VESICLE; GOLGI COMPLEX; LIPID MEMBRANE; LYSOSOME; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BIVALVIA; CHAMELEA GALLINA; HETEROCONCHIA; MOLLUSCA; PITAR; PITAR RUDIS; VENERIDAE; VENEROIDA;

EID: 0036698908     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(02)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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