Giant sperm cells with accessory macrotubules in a neuropteran insect

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 359-366

  Dallai, Romano ^a   Lupetti, Pietro ^a   Osella, Giuseppe ^b   Afzelius, Björn A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessory microtubules; Electron microscopy; Giant spermatozoa; Insect spermatozoa; Sperm ultrastructure; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GIANT CELL; INSECT; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROPTERA; NONHUMAN; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

INSECTA; MANTISPA; NEUROPTERA; PERLA;

EID: 24744466312     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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