Ultrastructural characteristics of spermiogenesis in rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1463-1469

  Alzahrani, Abdullah M ^a   Abdelsalam, Salaheldin A ^a,b   Elmenshawy, Omar M ^a,c   Abdel Moneim, Ashraf M ^a,d  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^d Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

acrosome; axoneme; microtubules; nebenkern; pterygote spermatozoa; red palm weevil; spermatogenesis; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CYST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; MATURATION; MEMBRANE; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION GENETICS; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84893209308     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.096.0426     Document Type: Article

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