The ultrastructure of the ejaculatory duct in the springtail Orchesella villosa (Geoffroy) (Hexapoda, Collembola) and the formation of the spermatophore

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-46

  Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo ^a   Zizzari, Zaira Valentina ^a   Frati, Francesco ^a   Dallai, Romano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collembola; Ejaculatory duct; Reproduction; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; EJACULATORY DUCT; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INSECT; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MUSCLE CELL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; ORCHESELLA VILLOSA; SECRETORY CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; VAS DEFERENS; VISCOSITY;

COLLEMBOLA; HEXAPODA; ORCHESELLA VILLOSA;

EID: 84355162891     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: 15323072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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