Sperm storage in caecilian amphibians

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kuehnel, Susanne ^a   Kupfer, Alexander ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Caecilians; Reproduction; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIS KOHTAOENSIS; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861825931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-12     Document Type: Article

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