Ovarian control of very low sperm/egg ratios at the commencement of mammalian fertilisation to avoid polyspermy

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 417-422

  Hunter, R H F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fallopian tube; Fertilisation; Graafian follicle; Ovary; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OVARY; OVUM; SPERMATOZOA;

EUTHERIA; FALLOPIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029745648     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199607)44:3<417::AID-MRD15>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Review

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