Behaviour of the vitelline envelope in Bufo arenarum oocytes matured in vitro in blockade to polyspermy

Zygote

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-106

  Oterino, J ^a   Sanchez Toranzo G ^a   Zelarayan L ^a   Ajmat, M T ^a   Bonilla, F ^a   Buhler M I ^a  

^a Depto de Biol del Desarrollo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bufo arenarum; Oocytes; Polyspermy; Vitelline envelope

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM;

EID: 33744743816     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199406003662     Document Type: Article

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