Cytochemical study of spermiogenesis and mature spermatozoa in the lizard Tropidurus itambere (Reptilia, Squamata)

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-352

  Ferreira, Adelina ^a   Dolder, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Lectin; Lizard; Spermatozoon; Spermiogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; DISEASE CONTROL; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

CYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

HISTOLOGY;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BASIC PROTEIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; HORMONE; LECTIN; LIPID; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACROSOMAL VESICLE; ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DENSE BODY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FLAGELLUM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL; LIZARD; LYSOSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TROPIDURUS ITAMBERE;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURUS; TROPIDURUS ITAMBERE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242695733     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00731     Document Type: Article

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