Ultrastructural evidence for secretion from the epithelium of ampulla ductus deferentis of the fan-throated lizard Sitana ponticeriana cuvier

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-111

  Akbarsha, M A ^a   Tamilarasan, V ^b   Kadalmani, B ^a   Daisy, P ^c  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Zoology   (India)

^c HOLY CROSS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ampulla ductus deferentis; Ductus deferens; Lizard; Reptilia; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; VAS DEFERENS;

AGAMIDAE; CALOTES VERSICOLOR; COLUBRIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SEMINATRIX PYGAEA; SERPENTES; SITANA PONTICERIANA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 27744442261     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10369     Document Type: Article

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