Mammalian fertilization misread? Sperm penetration of the eutherian zona pellucida is unlikely to be a lytic event

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1275-1287

  Bedford, J M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; MAMMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031771612     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.6.1275     Document Type: Short Survey

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