Sperm storage in spermathecae of the great lamper eel, Amphiuma tridactylum (Caudata: Amphiumidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-97

  Sever, David M ^a   Sean Doody, J ^b   Reddish, Courtney A ^a   Wenner, Michelle M ^a   Church, Don R ^b  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA TRIDACTYLUM;

EID: 10344252248     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199610)230:1<79::AID-JMOR7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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