Ultrastructure of spermiogenesis in the Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-304

  Gribbins, Kevin M ^a   Rheubert, Justin L ^a,b   Anzalone, Marla L ^a   Siegel, Dustin S ^c   Sever, David M ^b  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonmouth; Germ cell development; Spermiogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACROSOME; AGKISTRODON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; DNA; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; CROTALINAE; SQUAMATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 76449122138     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10798     Document Type: Article

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