Sperm cells of a primitive strepsipteran

Insects

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 463-475

  Nardi, James B ^a   Delgado, Juan A ^b   Collantes, Francisco ^b   Miller, Lou Ann ^c   Bee, Charles M ^a   Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meloidae; Rhipiphoridae; Sperm structure; Strepsiptera; Testis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884226665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects4030463     Document Type: Article

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