Oviductal Sperm Storage Structure and Their Changes during the Seasonal (Dissociated) Reproductive Cycle in the Soft-Shelled Turtle Lissemys punctata punctata

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Sarkar, Supriti ^a   Sarkar, N K ^b   Maiti, B R ^c  

^a City College   (India)

^b PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPERMATOZOON; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; OVIDUCTS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPERMATOZOA; TURTLES;

LISSEMYS PUNCTATA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 0348155638     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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