Xenopus laevis fertilisation: Analysis of sperm motility in egg jelly using video light microscopy

Zygote

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-182

  Reinhart, Donnie ^a   Ridgway, James ^a   Chandler, Douglas E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg jelly; Fertilisation; Lectins; Sperm motility; Video microscopy

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032060106     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199498000100     Document Type: Article

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