Uncommon formation of two antiparallel sperm bundles per cyst in tenebrionid beetles (coleoptera)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 773-777

  Dias, Glenda ^a   Yotoko, Karla S C ^a   Gomes, Luiz F ^b   Lino Neto, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Spermatodesmata; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CYST; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CYTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PALEMBUS DERMESTOIDES; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; ZOPHOBAS;

EID: 84866242080     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0949-6     Document Type: Article

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