Histological analysis of spermatogenesis and the germ cell development strategy within the testis of the male Western Cottonmouth Snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-476

  Gribbins, Kevin M ^a   Rheubert, Justin L ^a   Collier, Matthew H ^a   Siegel, Dustin S ^b   Sever, David M ^c  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agkistrodon; Bimodal; Cottonmouth; Reproduction; Spermatogenesis; Testes

Indexed keywords

FUCHSINE; TOLUENE;

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; EMBEDDING; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SNAKE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION;

AGING; AGKISTRODON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LOUISIANA; MALE; SEASONS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS LEUCOSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROTALINAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 55149083106     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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