Abbreviation of the second meiotic division by precocious fertilization in fish oocytes

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 450-459

  Iwamatsu, Takashi ^a  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

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EID: 0030907107     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19970415)277:6<450::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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