Fine structure of acrosome biogenesis and of mature sperm in the bivalve molluscs Glycymeris sp. (Pteriomorphia) and Eurhomalea rufa (Heterodonta)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-12

  Guerra, Rosa ^a   Sousa, Mário ^b   Torres, Artur ^b   Oliveira, Elsa ^b   Baldaia, Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Heterodonta; Mollusca; Pteriomorphia; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCOIDA; BIVALVIA; EURHOMALEA; EURHOMALEA RUFA; GLYCYMERIS; GLYCYMERIS SP.; HETEROCONCHIA; MOLLUSCA; PTERIOMORPHIA; VENEROIDEA;

EID: 0037368198     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-003-0134-6     Document Type: Article

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