Microscopic morphology and testis morphometry of captivity-bred adult bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus Shaw, 1802)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1461-1472

  Carlos, Jaqueline ^a   da Matta, Sérgio Luis Pinto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GSI; Leydig; Sertoli; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 77953269891     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132009000600018     Document Type: Article

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