Structure of the vector tissue in piscicolid leeches (Annelida, Hirudinea, Rhynchobdellida, Piscicolidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-73

  Świa̧tek, Piotr ^a   Bielecki, Aleksander ^b   Klag, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conducting tissue; Leech anatomy; Ovary; Sperm transfer; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL GRANULE; COPULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LEECH; MALE; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; INSEMINATION; LEECHES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANNELIDA; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; PISCICOLA; PISCICOLIDAE; RHYNCHOBDELLIDA;

EID: 33846446012     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10497     Document Type: Article

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