Sperm morphology and arrangement along the male reproductive tract of the butterfly euptoieta hegesia (insecta: Lepidoptera)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 107-117

  Mancini, Karina ^a   Dolder, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Reproductive tract; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EUPTOIETA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0348161060     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2003.9652561     Document Type: Article

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