Effects of Diethylstilbestrol Administration on Sperm Penetration into the Inner Perivitelline Layer of Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Win, Mar M ^a   Tatemoto, Hideki ^a   Ashizawa, Koji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

diethylstilbestrol; inner perivitelline layer; quail; sperm penetration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847341955     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.43.67     Document Type: Article

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