The kinetics of monospermic and polyspermic fertilization in free-spawning marine invertebrates

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-85

  Millar, Russell B ^a   Anderson, Marti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fertilization kinetics; Free spawning; Marine invertebrates; Polyspermy; Random collision model

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INVERTEBRATE; KINETICS; SPAWNING; SPERM;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041666726     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00145-0     Document Type: Article

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