Spermatozoa of pseudinae (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae), with a test of the hypothesis that sperm ultrastructure correlates with reproductive modes in anurans

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-205

  Garda, Adrian A ^a,b,c   Costa, Gabriel C ^b   Colli, Guarino R ^b   Báo, Sônia N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Phylogeny; Pseudinae; Spermatozoon; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FERTILIZATION; FROGS AND TOADS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CELL NUCLEUS; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MIDPIECE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; LYSAPSUS; PSEUDIS PARADOXA; RANOIDEA; SOOGLOSSIDAE;

EID: 4043077082     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10238     Document Type: Article

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