Reproductive features of the eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) and star-nose mole (Condylura cristata)

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 345-353

  Bedford, J M ^a   Mock, O B ^b   Nagdas, S K ^c   Winfrey, V P ^c   Olson, G E ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HYALURONIDASE; POLYPEPTIDE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CRYPT CELL; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECTIVORE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CONDYLURA CRISTATA; CRICETINAE; FALLOPIA; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; SCALOPUS; SCALOPUS AQUATICUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0032704034     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1170345     Document Type: Article

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