In vitro fertilization efficiency in coral Acropora digitifera

Zygote

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-227

  Iguchi, Akira ^a,b   Morita, Masaya ^b   Nakajima, Yuichi ^b   Nishikawa, Akira ^a   Miller, David ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora digitifera; Coral; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OVUM; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 68349142908     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096719940900519X     Document Type: Article

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