Sperm binding and penetration of the zona pellucida in vitro but not sperm-egg fusion in an Australian marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Zygote

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-196

  Mate, K E ^a   Sidhu, K S ^a   Molinia, F C ^b   Glazier, A M ^b   Rodger, J C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Fertilisation; Marsupial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OPOSSUMS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034251733     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400000976     Document Type: Article

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