Dimorphism of spermatozoa in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus

Russian Journal of Marine Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 354-357

  Yurchenko, O V ^a   Reunov, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Sea urchins; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM;

ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS NUDUS;

EID: 8144229305     PISSN: 10630740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RUMB.0000046554.82986.11     Document Type: Article

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