Polyspermy in Bufo arenarum oocytes matured in vitro

Zygote

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-271

  Oterino, J ^a   Sanchez Toranzo G ^a   Zelarayan L ^a   Buhler M I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Depto de Biol del Desarrollo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Maturation in vitro; Ovarian oocytes; Polyspermy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BUFO ARENARUM;

HEMATOXYLIN; PROGESTERONE; THYMIDINE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEMATOXYLIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; THYMIDINE; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0031196177     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400003713     Document Type: Article

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