The sperm structure of Embioptera (Insecta) and phylogenetic considerations

Zoomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Dallai, Romano ^a   MacHida, Ryuichiro ^b   Jintsu, Yoshie ^b   Frati, Francesco ^a   Lupetti, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insect phylogeny; Polyneoptera; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EMBIOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JAPONICA; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 34248226358     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-007-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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