Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Gymnophiona: Caecilians

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Barrie G M Jamieson
CRC Press, 5 de gen. 2006 - 408 pàgines
One of the little known species in the danger of extinction, gymophionan amphibians, are also known as caecilians or apoda. Gymnophiona contains 154 species belonging to 34 genera and 6 families. For many years, studies on the Gymnophiona were disparate and still only a few species have been deeply studied. Fortunately, in recent years, some new wo
 

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A Brief History of Research on Gymnophionan Reproductive Biology and Development
1
Caecilian Phylogeny and Classification
39
Anatomy with Particular Reference to the Reproductive System
79
Caecilian Male Mullerian Gland with Special Reference to Uraeohjphlus narayani
157
Endocrinology of Reproduction in Gymnophiona
183
Caecilian Spermatogenesis
231
Ultrastructure and Phylogeny of Caecilian Spermatozoa
247
Oogenesis and Folliculogene is
275
Development of Gonads
291
Modes of Parity and Oviposition
303
Viviparity in Typhlonectes compressicauda
325
Fertilization and Embryonic Development
359
Index
387
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Sobre l'autor (2006)

Jamieson, Barrie G M; Exbrayat, Jean-Marie

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