Riders on the sperm: Sperm dimorphism and spermatozeugmata in nematodes from the genus Steinernema (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae)

Nematology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-75

  Yushin, Vladimir V ^a   Yoshida, Mutsuhiro ^b   Spiridonov, Sergei E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Insemination; Membranous organelles; Nematoda; Sperm competition; Spermatozoa; Steinernema feltiae; Steinernema tami; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMORPHISM; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PSEUDOPODA; RHABDITIDA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMA TAMI; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 33947140942     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 13885545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854107779969691     Document Type: Article

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