Spermatozoan morphology of brachidontes darwinianus and brachidontes solisianus (bivalvia, mytilidae) from the southern brazilian coast

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 149-158

  IntroÍni, Gisele orlandi ^a   De Magalhães, Claudia alves ^b   Aguiar, Odair ^a   Quaresma, Alexandre jose c ^b   Lino neto, Jose ^c   Recco pimentel, Shirlei m ^a  

^a Departamento de Biologia Celular   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Mussel; Mytilidae; Nuclear actin; Nuclear invagination; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; BRACHIDONTES; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 20044367316     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2004.9652618     Document Type: Article

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