Sperm Chemotaxis as Revealed With Live and Synthetic Eggs

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Himes, Julie E ^a   Riffell, Jeffrey A ^b   Zimmer, Cheryl Ann ^a   Zimmer, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMOTAXIS; EGG; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GASTROPOD; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; HALIOTIS RUFESCENS;

EID: 79953648436     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv220n1p1     Document Type: Article

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