Every sperm is sacred: Fertilization in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-109

  Singson, Andrew ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Fertilization; Oocyte; Sperm; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVATION; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZYGOTE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0035865190     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.0118     Document Type: Review

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