Man-made versus female-made environment - Will the real capacitation please stand up?

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Barratt, Christopher L R ^a   Kirkman Brown, Jackson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL INTERACTION; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 29544438287     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmi051     Document Type: Editorial

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