The unusual state of the cumulus oophorus and of sperm behaviour within it, in the musk shrew, Suncus murinus

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-134

  Bedford, J M ^a   Mori, T ^b   Oda, S ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL INTERACTION; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; SUNCUS; SUNCUS MURINUS;

EID: 0030815932     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1100127     Document Type: Article

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