Sex and a snail's sperm: On the transport, storage and fate of dimorphic sperm in littorinidae

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 145-152

  Buckland Nicks, John ^a   Bryson, Ian ^a   Hart, Leslie ^a   Partridge, Vanessa ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fertilization; Gastropoda; Lectins; Mollusca; Parasperm; Sperm capacitation; Sperm dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032842019     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1999.9652691     Document Type: Article

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