Ultrastructural description of spermiogenesis and spermatozoa in Labeo victorianus, Boulenger, 1901 (Pisces: Cyprinidae)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-105

  Rutaisire, Justus ^a   Muwazi, Ruth T ^a   Booth, Anthony J ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; LABEO VICTORIANUS; PISCES;

EID: 33645468631     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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