Electron microscopic observation of the sagittal structure of Drosophila mature sperm

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 661-666

  Yasuno, Yusaku ^a   Yamamoto, Masa Toshi ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Sagittal section; Seminal vesicle; Sperm head

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DROSOPHILLA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; FERTILISATION; FRUITFLIES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; SAGITTAL SECTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM HEAD; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84906219942     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22386     Document Type: Article

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