Comparative study of sperm ultrastructure of five species of teiid lizards (Teiidae, Squamata), and Cercosaura ocellata (Gymnophthalmidae, Squamata)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-78

  Colli, G R ^a   Teixeira, R D ^a,b   Scheltinga, D M ^c   Mesquita, D O ^a   Wiederhecker, H C ^a   Bao S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gymnophthalmidae; Lizard spermatozoa; Sperm ultrastructure; Squamata; Teiidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIZARD; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON;

ASPIDOSCELIS; CALLOPISTES; CERCOSAURA OCELLATA; CNEMIDOPHORUS; CROCODILURUS; DICRODON GUTTULATUM; DRACAENA (LIZARD); GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; TEIIOIDEA; TEIUS;

EID: 33847618672     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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