Complex genital system of a haplogyne spider (Arachnida, Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) indicates internal fertilization and full female control over transferred sperm

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-186

  Burger, Matthias ^a   Michalik, Peter ^b   Graber, Werner ^c   Jacob, Alain ^a,d   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^d   Kropf, Christian ^a  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex genitalia; Female control; Haplogynae; Secretion; Spermatozoa; Tetrablemmidae

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; HAPLOGYNAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COPULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENITALIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERMATOZOA; SPIDERS;

EID: 33644857697     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10394     Document Type: Article

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