Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis (Reptilia: Alligatoridae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1281-1289

  Gribbins, Kevin M ^a   Touzinsky, Katherine F ^a   Siegel, Dustin S ^b   Venable, Katherine J ^a   Hester, Georgia L ^a   Elsey, Ruth M ^c  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Alligator; Midpiece; Principal piece; Spermatozoon; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIOLE; MALE; REPTILE; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIOLES; MALE; REPTILES; SPERMATOZOA;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA;

EID: 80054018080     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10984     Document Type: Article

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