Renal sexual segment of the ground skink, Scincella laterale (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-59

  Sever, David M ^a   Hopkins, William A ^b,c  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Histology; Renal sexual segment; Reptilia; Squamata; Ultra structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; OVIDUCT; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OVIDUCTS; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; URINARY TRACT; VAS DEFERENS;

CNEMIDOPHORUS LEMNISCATUS; REPTILIA; SCINCELLA; SCINCELLA LATERALIS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 27744532145     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10364     Document Type: Article

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