A scanning electron microscopic study of germ cell maturation in the reproductive tract of the male soupfin shark (Galeorhinus galeus)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-76

  McClusky, Leon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Scanning electron microscopy; Shark testis; Spermatocysts; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SHARK; SPERM;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEORHINUS GALEUS; GALEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037269288     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.2003.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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