Specificity of sperm chemotaxis among Great Barrier Reef shallow-water Holothurians and Ophiuroids

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-200

  Miller, Richard L ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030798473     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19971001)279:2<189::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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