Fertilization in the sea: The chemical identity of an abalone sperm attractant

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1439-1450

  Riffell, Jeffrey A ^a   Krug, Patrick J ^a   Zimmer, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abalone; Attractant; Chemotaxis; Egg; Fertilization; Haliotis rufescens; Sperm; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; SEA WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MOLLUSC; OOCYTE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLLUSCA; ORIENTATION; OVUM; SEAWATER; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; HALIOTIS; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; HALIOTIS RUFESCENS; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036324568     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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