Ultrastructure of spermatozoa of scolecophidian snakes (Lepidosauria, Squamata)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-197

  Tavares Bastos, L ^a,b   Cunha, L D ^a   Colli, G R ^a   Bao S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anomalepididae; Leptotyphlopidae; Snakes; Spermatozoa; Typhlopidae; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; RECONSTRUCTION; SNAKE; SPERM; SYNTAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANOMALEPIDIDAE; LEPIDOSAURIA; LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE; LEPTOTYPHLOPS; LIOTYPHLOPS BEUI; RAMPHOTYPHLOPS WAITII; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TYPHLOPIDAE; TYPHLOPS;

EID: 34250379988     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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