Long-term stability of the bovine block to polyspermy

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-188

  Hunter, R H F ^a   Vajta, G ^b   Hyttel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MORULA; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MORULA; OOCYTES; OVARY; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0032007937     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980201)280:2<182::AID-JEZ9>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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