Abnormal spermatid formation in the presence of the parasitic B 24 chromosome in the grasshopper eyprepocnemis plorans

Sexual Development

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 284-289

  Teruel, M ^a   Cabrero, J ^a   Perfectti, F ^a   Alche J D ^b   Camacho, J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aberrant spermatids; B chromosomes; Eyprepocnemis; Grasshopper

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; AXONEME; B24 CHROMOSOME; CENTRIOLE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CYTOKINESIS; DIPLOIDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYPREPOCNEMIS PLORANS; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; TETRAPLOIDY; TRIPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPERMATIDS;

EYPREPOCNEMIS; EYPREPOCNEMIS PLORANS;

EID: 72049094281     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000253307     Document Type: Article

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