Morphology of the male reproductive duct system of Caiman crocodilus (Crocodylia, alligatoridae)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-245

  Guerrero, Sandra M ^a,c   Calderón, Martha L ^a,c   de Pérez, Gloria R ^b   Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accessory ducts; Archosauria; Caiman crocodilus; Histology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; COATED VESICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RETE TESTIS; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY GRANULE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; TESTIS FUNCTION; VAS DEFERENS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); LEPIDOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 3042732145     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80009-8     Document Type: Article

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