Characteristics of sperm motility induced on the egg-jelly in the internal fertilization of the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-352

  Watanabe, Toshihiko ^a   Itoh, Tokuko ^a   Watanabe, Akihiko ^a   Onitake, Kazuo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg jelly; Internal fertilization; Ion channel; Newt; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHARYBDOTOXIN; GALLOPAMIL; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDER; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHARYBDOTOXIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GALLOPAMIL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OVUM; POTASSIUM; SALAMANDRIDAE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0037785223     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.345     Document Type: Article

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