Fertilization and the Evolution of Animal Gamete Proteins

Oogenesis: The Universal Process

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 403-421

  Wong, Julian L ^a   Wessel, Gary M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abalone; Egg; Evolution; Fertilization; Mammal; Sea urchin; Sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249154509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470687970.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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