Morphology of the male genitalia and sperm fine structure in siluroid fish

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-285

  Mansour, N ^a   Lahnsteiner, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Male genitalia; Siluriformes; Sperm ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANCISTRUS TRIRADIATUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALLICHTHYS THORACATUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSICHTHYS CORACOIDEUS; FISH; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MYSTUS ARMATUS; NONHUMAN; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM; TELEOST; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; FISHES; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPERMATOZOA;

ANCISTRUS; ANIMALIA; ASPREDINIDAE; BAGRIDAE; CALLICHTHYIDAE; CALLICHTHYS; LORICARIIDAE; MYSTUS; MYSTUS ARMATUS; SILURIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 2442687833     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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