So what exactly is the role of the spermatozoon in first cleavage?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-167

  Johnson, Martin H ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CYCLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

EID: 0038107452     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61705-1     Document Type: Article

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