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Sperm ultrastructure in three different families of weakly electric fishes (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes)

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  • 1. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, IB, Departamento de Zoologia, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, bloco IV, prédio 43435, 91501- 970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. jugiora@hotmail.com
  • 2. George Washington University, Department of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC, USA, 20052.

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Giora, Júlia, Burns, John R. (2011): Sperm ultrastructure in three different families of weakly electric fishes (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes). Neotropical Ichthyology 9 (4): 881-888, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252011005000047, URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252011000400019&lng=en&tlng=en

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