The spermatogenesis and sperm structure of Acerentomon microrhinus (Protura, Hexapoda) with considerations on the phylogenetic position of the taxon

Zoomorphology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-80

  Dallai, R ^a   Mercati, D ^a   Bu, Y ^b   Yin, Y W ^b   Callaini, G ^a   Riparbelli, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Centrosome; Electron microscopy; Flagellar axoneme; Protura; Sperm ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACERENTOMON; COLLEMBOLA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PROTURA;

EID: 75549084081     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-009-0100-1     Document Type: Article

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