Do human eggs attract spermatozoa?

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-210

  Eisenbach, Michael ^a   Tur Kaspa, Ilan ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033104068     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199903)21:3<203::AID-BIES4>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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