Seasonal changes of sperm storage and correlative structures in male and female soft-shelled turtles, Trionyx sinensis

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 435-445

  Xiangkun, Han ^a   Li, Zhang ^a   Meiying, Li ^a   Huijun, Bao ^a   Nainan, Hei ^a   Qiusheng, Chen ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Oviduct; Soft shelled turtle; Sperm storage; Trionyx sinensis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASON; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OVIDUCTS; SEASONS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TURTLES;

PELODISCUS SINENSIS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 51249119194     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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