Sperm characteristics in two populations of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Octodontidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 877-885

  Zenuto, Roxana R ^a   Vitullo, Alfredo D ^b   Busch, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ctenomys talarum; Sperm quality; Sperm quantity; Subterranean rodent; Tuco tuco

Indexed keywords

POLYGYNY; RODENT; SPERM;

ARGENTINA;

CTENOMYS TALARUM; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141680848     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/LTo-046     Document Type: Article

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