Morphological and histochemical examination of male and female gonads in Homarus gammarus (L. 1758)

Abstract The reproductive organs of both male and female European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) are H-shaped gonads that lie dorsal to the gut on the large hepatopancreas. The ovary consists of a pair of tubular, parallel lobules with a connecting bridge. The germarium of the ovary containing oogonia...

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Published in:Open Life Sciences
Main Authors: Erkan, Melike, Ayun, Yasemin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2014
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11535-013-0148-7
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