Excurrent duct system of the male turtle Chrysemys picta

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 312-322

  Holmes, Hilary J ^a,b   Gist, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Sect Oral Microbiol and Immunol   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Efferent ductules; Epididymis; Excurrent ducts; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EJACULATORY DUCT; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; RETE TESTIS; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EJACULATORY DUCTS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; RETE TESTIS; TURTLES;

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; EUKARYOTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4544248497     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10251     Document Type: Article

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