Sperm morphology and phylogeny of lagriids (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 379-384

  Dias, Glenda ^a   Oliveira, Claudia M ^a   Lino Neto, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Spermatozoa; Systematics; Tenebrionids; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; AXONEME; BEETLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FLAGELLUM; LAGRIA VILLOSA; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPERM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LAGRIA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; VILLOSA;

SPERMATOZOA; SYSTEMATICS; TENEBRIONIDS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84883555696     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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