Ultrastructural and biochemical seasonal changes in epididymal corpus and cauda of viscacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 805-814

  Aguilera Merlo, Claudia ^a   Fogal, Teresa ^b   Sator, Tirso ^b   Dominguez, Susana ^a   Sosa, Miguel ^b   Scardapane, Luis ^a   Piezzi, Ramón ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epididymal morphology; Lysosomal enzyme; Photoperiod; Seasonal reproduction; Viscacha

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; LYSOSOME; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SEASON; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; EPIDIDYMIS; GLUCURONIDASE; LYSOSOMES; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SPERMATOZOA;

LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67651056486     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10718     Document Type: Article

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