Components and development of the centriolar complex during and beyond spermiogenesis in a passeridan bird, the Masked weaver (Ploceus velatus)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-67

  Aire, Tom A ^a,b   Ozegbe, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Anatomy Physiology and Pharmacology Academic Program   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Author keywords

Centriolar complex; Passeridan bird; Ploceus velatus; Spermiogenetic development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRIOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; MALE; MASKED WEAVER; NONHUMAN; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

AVES; GLOMUS; PASSERIFORMES; PLOCEUS VELATUS;

EID: 84355166441     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: 15323072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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