Sperm Bundles in the Seminal Vesicle of the Crematogaster victima (Smith) Adult Males (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 201-208

  Oliveira, C M ^a   Moreira, J ^b   Gomes, L F ^c   Camargo Mathias, M I ^b   Lino Neto, J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Hymenoptera; spermatodesm; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANTS; CELL NUCLEUS; MALE; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84899708329     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-014-0199-8     Document Type: Article

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