Morphology, development and comparative anatomical evaluation of the testicular excretory pathway in Acipenser

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-113

  Wrobel, Karl Heinz ^a   Jouma, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acipenser; Development; Opisthonephros; Seminal ducts; Urogenital junction; Wolffian duct

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; EJACULATORY DUCT; FEMALE; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TELEOST; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSERIDAE; ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; POLYPTERUS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA; WOLFFIA;

EID: 1942486856     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80020-7     Document Type: Article

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