Comparative analysis of the male reproductive system in Borthriuridae Scorpions: Structures associated with the Paraxial Organs and the presence of sperm packages (Chelicerata, Scorpiones)

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Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-31

  Peretti, Alfredo V ^a   Battán Horenstein, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Bothriuridae; Morphology; Scorpions; Sperm packages; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARACHNIDA; BOTHRIURIDAE; BOTHRIURUS BONARIENSIS; BOTHRIURUS CHACOENSIS; BOTHRIURUS CORDUBENSIS; BOTHRIURUS FLAVIDUS; BRACHISTOSTERNUS FERRUGINEUS; BRACHYCENTRUS; BUTHIDA; CHELICERATA; SCORPIONES; TIMOGENES DORBIGNYI; TIMOGENES ELEGANS; UROPHONIUS BRACHYCENTRUS; ZABIUS FUSCUS;

EID: 0038270035     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00085     Document Type: Article

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