Extracellular environments for the initiation of external fertilization and micropylar plug formation in a cottid species, Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas) (Scorpaeniformes) with internal insemination

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-289

  Munehara, Hiroyuki ^a   Koya, Yasunori ^b   Hayakawa, Youichi ^a   Takano, Kazunori ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+; Copulation; Cottidae; Fertilization; Micropyle; Ovarian fluid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SEA WATER; SODIUM ION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OSMOLALITY; OVULATION; TELEOST;

HEMITRIPTERUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 0030920272     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02725-6     Document Type: Article

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