Biflagellate spermatozoon of the poison-dart frogs Epipedobates femoralis and Colostethus sp. (Anura, Dendrobatidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-121

  Aguiar Jr , Odair ^a   Garda, Adrian A ^a,c   Lima, Albertina P ^b   Colli, Guarino R ^c   Báo, Sônia N ^c   Recco Pimentel, Shirlei M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; Biflagellarity; Colostethus; Dendrobatidae; Epipedobates; Sperm ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; FROGS AND TOADS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FLAGELLA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPERMATOZOA;

ANURA; COLOSTETHUS; DENDROBATIDAE; EPIPEDOBATES; EPIPEDOBATES FEMORALIS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 0037215097     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10052     Document Type: Article

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