Factors regulating mammalian sperm migration through the female reproductive tract and oocyte vestments

Gamete Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 443-469

  Katz, David F ^a   Drobnis, Erma Z ^a   Overstreet, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cumulus; fertilization; mucus; sperm; transport; zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; MUCUS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TRANSPORT; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0024360509     PISSN: 01487280     EISSN: 15543919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1120220410     Document Type: Review

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