Unusual ampullary sperm crypts, and behavior and role of the cumulus oophorus, in the oviduct of the least shrew, Cryptotis parva

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1255-1267

  Bedford, J Michael ^a,d   Mock, Orin B ^b   Phillips, David M ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSECTIVORE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOTIS; CRYPTOTIS PARVA; EUTHERIA; FALLOPIA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0030978582     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.5.1255     Document Type: Article

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