Structure and ultrastructure of spermatozoa in Meliponini (stingless bees) (hymenoptera: Apidae)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-41

  Zama, Uyrá ^a   Lino Neto, José ^b   Dolder, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Meliponini; Spermatozoa; Stingless bee; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FLAGELLATE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0442295021     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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