Analysis of fertilization and polyspermy in serotonin-spawned eggs of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-216

  Misamore, M ^a   Silverman, H ^a   Lynn, J W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal; Fluorescence; Pronuclei; Sperm egg interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRIOLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERTILIZATION; FLAGELLUM; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SEROTONIN; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0030058691     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199602)43:2<205::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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