Ultrastructure of the sperm of blue sprat, Spratelloides gracilis; Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 285-291

  Gwo, J C ^a   Lin, C Y ^b   Yang, W L ^c   Chou, Y C ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Institute of Environment and Resources   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clupeoid; Morphology; Reproduction; Sperm; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRIOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLAGELLUM; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

CLUPEIDAE; CLUPEIFORMES; CLUPEOMORPHA; ELOPOMORPHA; SPRATELLOIDES GRACILIS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33750060266     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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