What are the spermatocyte's requirements for successful meiotic division?

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-250

  Handel, Mary Ann ^a   Cobb, John ^a   Eaker, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0033569916     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19991015)285:3<243::aid-jez7>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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