Male reproductive system in the Italian newt Lissotriton italicus (Peracca 1898) (Amphibia, Urodela): Ultrastructural and morphological study with description of spermiogenesis, spermatozoon and spermatophore

Zoomorphology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-195

  Sperone, Emilio ^a   Bonacci, A ^a   Brunelli, E ^a   Tripepi, S ^a   Jamieson, B G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Sperm morphology; Spermatophore; Spermiogenesis; Wolffian duct

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS ITALICUS; WOLFFIA;

EID: 64249085079     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-009-0087-7     Document Type: Article

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