Alteration of structure and penetrability of the vitelline envelope after passage of eggs from coelom to oviduct in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 73-83

  Grey, Robert D ^a   Working, Peter K ^a   Hedrick, Jerry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; XENOPUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OVIDUCTS; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; XENOPUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0017508192     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: 1097010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402010109     Document Type: Article

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