Ultrastructural aspects of spermiogenesis and synspermia in the brown spider Loxosceles intermedia (Araneae: Sicariidae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-51

  Costa Ayub, Cristina L S ^a   Faraco, Cloris D ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Loxosceles intermedia; Spermiogenesis; Synspermia; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHNID; ARANEAE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRIOLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; IMPLANTATION; LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SICARIIDAE; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; SPIDER; SYNSPERMIA; THIN FILAMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SPIDERS; TESTIS;

ARANEAE; HAPLOGYNAE; LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA; SICARIIDAE;

EID: 33845442477     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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