The ultrastructural characteristics of the spermatozoa stored in the cauda epididymidis in Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis during the breeding season

Micron

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 202-209

  Bian, Xunguang ^a   Gandahi, Jameel Ahmed ^a,b   Liu, Yue ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Zhang, Linli ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a   Chen, Qiusheng ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SINDH AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cauda epididymidis; Soft shelled turtle; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DENSE CORE; EPIDIDYMIDIS; HOLLOW VESICLES; LIPID DROPLETS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; NUCLEAR BODIES; SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSVERSE SECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; DROPS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY;

MITOCHONDRIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOCHONDRIA; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MATURATION; SPERM MIDPIECE; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; TURTLES;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 84870660214     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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