Structural and ultrastructural features of boar bulbourethral glands

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-18

  Badia, Elena ^a   Briz, M D ^a   Pinart, E ^a   Sancho, S ^a   Garcia, N ^a   Bassols, J ^a   Pruneda, A ^a   Bussalleu, E ^a   Yeste, M ^a   Casas, I ^a   Bonet, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Bulbourethral glands; Electron microscopy; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CELL CYCLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUCOUS CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECRETORY GRANULE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SWINE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 31344475062     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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