Reproductive morphology of Brittanichthys axelrodi (Teleostei: Characidae), a miniature inseminating fish from South America

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-32

  Javonillo, Robert ^a   Burns, John R ^a   Weitzman, Stanley H ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Characidae; Reproduction; Sperm ultrastructure; Spermatozeugmata; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MITOCHONDRION; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FISHES; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; INSEMINATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

CHARACIDAE; PISCES; PLATYCRISTATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33846447775     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10500     Document Type: Article

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