Epididymis of viscacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus): Morphological changes during the annual reproductive cycle

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Aguilera Merlo, Claudia ^a   Muñoz, Estela ^a   Dominguez, Susana ^a   Scardapane, Luis ^a   Piezzi, Ramón ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epididymal morphology; Photoperiod; Seasonal reproduction; Viscacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus)

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GONAD FUNCTION; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA; SEASONS;

LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 11344286753     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20144     Document Type: Article

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