Ultrastructure of spermatozoa of solifuges (Arachnida, Solifugae): Possible characters for their phylogeny?

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-103

  Klann, A E ^a   Bird, T ^b   Peretti, A V ^c   Gromov, A V ^d   Alberti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b National Museum of Namibia   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fine structure; Phylogeny; Solifugae; Sperm cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SECRETION; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENUS; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

AMMOTRECHIDAE; ARACHNIDA; DAESIIDAE; KARSCHIIDAE; SOLIFUGAE;

EID: 61349097865     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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