How and why spermatozoa cause calcium oscillations in mammalian oocytes

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 388-390

  Swann, Karl ^a   Lawrence, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0030154703     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.6.388     Document Type: Article

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