Role of the cytoskeleton in sperm entry during fertilization in the freshwater bivalve Dreissena polymorpha

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-156

  Misamore, M J ^a   Lynn, J W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0033734830     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542874     Document Type: Article

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