Histology and ultrastructure of male mullerian gland of Uraeotyphlus narayani (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-56

  George, Jancy M ^a   Smita, Mathew ^b   Oommen, Oommen V ^b   Akbarsha, M A ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Caecilian; Mullerian gland; Secretory granules, testis; Uraeotyphlus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROVILLUS; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SECRETION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CILIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVOLUTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVILLI; MULLERIAN DUCTS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; ENTEROBACTER; EUKARYOTA; GYMNOPHIONA; URAEOTYPHLUS; URAEOTYPHLUS NARAYANI;

EID: 1842786516     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10206     Document Type: Article

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