The spermatozoon of a 'living fossil': Tubiluchus troglodytes (Priapulida)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Ferraguti, Marco ^a   Garbelli, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Priapulida; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FOSSIL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; TUBILUCHUS TROGLODYTES; WORM;

PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULIDAE; TUBILUCHUS; TUBILUCHUS TROGLODYTES;

EID: 31344460575     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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