Sperm ultrastructure of the bees Exomalopsis (Exomalopsis) auropilosa Spinola 1853 and Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) sp. Michener & Moure 1957 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-28

  Bao S N ^a   Goncalves Simoes D ^a   Lino Neto, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apidae; Exomalopsis auropilosa; Paratetrapedia; Sperm; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BEES; CELL NUCLEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APOIDEA; EXOMALOPSIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 4444333310     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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