Sperm-egg interaction is mediated by a sperm-associated body in quail

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Rabbani, M Golam ^a   Sasanami, Tomohiro ^b   Mori, Makoto ^b   Yoshizaki, Norio ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg; Hole; Quail; Sperm associated body; Vitelline membrane

Indexed keywords

VITELLIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERTILITY; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MALE; OVUM; QUAIL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33645020902     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2006.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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