Variation of sperm head shape and tail length in a species of Australian hydromyine rodent: The spinifex hopping mouse, Notomys alexis

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 797-805

  Bauer, M ^a   Breed, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Murine rodents; Sperm variation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MURINAE; SPERM HEAD; SPERM TAIL;

ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; MURINAE; NOTOMYS ALEXIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748808995     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06045     Document Type: Article

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