Ultrastructure of the Mature Spermatozoa of Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-192

  Scheltinga, David M ^a   Wilkinson, Mark ^b   Jamieson, Barrie G M ^a   Oommen, Oommen V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Gegeneophis; Ichthyophis; Phylogeny; Spermatozoa; Typhlonectes; Uraeotyphlus

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; AMPHIBIA; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION; INDIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MIDPIECE; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAECILIA; CAUDATA; GEGENEOPHIS; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; ICHTHYOPHIS; TYPHLONECTES; TYPHLONECTIDAE; URAEOTYPHLIDAE; URAEOTYPHLUS;

EID: 0142071690     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10139     Document Type: Article

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