Sperm ultrastructure of Mantophasma zephyra (Insecta, Mantophasmatodea)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-76

  Dallai, Romano ^a   Frati, Francesco ^a   Lupetti, Pietro ^a   Adis, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flagellar axoneme; Insect sperm; Phylogeny; Sperm cladistics; Spermatodesms

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; MANTODEA; MANTOPHASMA ZEPHYRA; MANTOPHASMATODEA; ZEPHYRA;

EID: 0037572291     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-002-0070-z     Document Type: Article

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