Ultrastructural analysis of spermiogenesis in Iguana iguana (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae)

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-99

  Ferreira, A ^a   Dolder, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Iguana iguana; Reptilia; Spermiogenesis; Testis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; FLAGELLUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; LIZARD; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIOLES; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; GOLGI APPARATUS; IGUANAS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOCHONDRIA; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; IGUANIDAE; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038348182     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.40.2.89.15452     Document Type: Article

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