Principles of mammalian fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 20-32

  Kupker W ^a   Diedrich, K ^a   Edwards, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Moor Barns Farmhouse   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; Fertilization; Gametogenesis; ICSI

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; CELL FUSION; CELL MATURATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; POLYSPERMY; PRONUCLEUS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031860208     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_1.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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