Androgenic gland cell structure and spermatogenesis during the molt cycle and correlation to morphotypic differentiation in the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Zoological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 621-628

  Okumura, Takuji ^a   Hara, Motoyuki ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgenic gland; Crustacea; Molt cycle; Morphotypic differentiation; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE GLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOLTING; PALAEMONIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLTING; PALAEMONIDAE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 3242676902     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.21.621     Document Type: Article

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