Gamete biology of the new world marsupial, the grey short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 605-615

  Moore, Harry D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029842596     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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