Ultrastructure of the unusual spermatozoon of the Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Birkhead, T R ^a   Giusti, F ^b   Immler, S ^a   Jamieson, B G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullfinch Pyrrhula; Neoteny; Sperm ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GAMETOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

PASSERI; PASSERIDA; PYRRHULA; PYRRHULA PYRRHULA;

EID: 34147150731     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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