The reproductive organs and processes | Anatomy and Histology of Fish Testis

Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 616-626

  Schulz, R W ^a   Nobrega R H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Germ cell morphology; Histology; Leydig cell; Myoid cell; Seminal vesicles; Sertoli cell; Sperm duct; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cell; Spermiation; Spermiogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882548465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374553-8.00246-X     Document Type: Chapter

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