Mode of transfer of spermatozoa in Orthoptera Tettigoniidae

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 337-348

  Viscuso, Renata ^a   Brundo, Maria Violetta ^a   Sottile, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insecta; Spermatodesms; Spermatodoses; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; GAMETE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORTHOPTERA; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036774786     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040816602000344     Document Type: Article

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