Degeneration of respiratory system in sea urchin spermatozoa during incubation in seawater for long duration

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 857-863

  Ohtake, Tateru ^a   Mita, Masatoshi ^a,b   Fujiwara, Akiko ^a   Tazawa, Eigoro ^c   Yasumasu, Ikuo ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Teikyo Junior College   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINOIDEA; HEMICENTROTUS PULCHERRIMUS;

EID: 0030426227     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.857     Document Type: Article

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