Sperm head morphology in 36 species of Artiodactylans, Perissodactylans, and Cetaceans (mammalia)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-202

  Meisner, Amy Downing ^a,b   Klaus, Angela V ^b   O'Leary, Maureen A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Cetacea; Cold field emission scanning electron microscopy; Perissodactyla; Sperm morphology; Sperm ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAMMAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MIDPIECE;

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA; PHOCOENIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; UNGULATA;

EID: 13944270291     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10297     Document Type: Article

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