Ultrastructure of the testis in Synbranchus marmoratus (Teleostei, Synbranchidae): The germinal compartment

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-132

  Lo Nostro, Fabi L ^a   Grier, H ^b   Meijide, F J ^a   Guerrero, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biflagellated sperm; Germinal compartment; Sex reversal; Spermatogenesis; Synbranchidae; Synbranchus marmoratus

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSE BODY; GERM CELL; KINETOSOME; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TELEOST; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SYNBRANCHIDAE; SYNBRANCHUS MARMORATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0037648464     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(03)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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