Swimming of Xenopus laevis sperm exhibits multiple gears and its duration is extended by egg jelly constituents

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-185

  Tholl, Nathan ^a   Naqvi, Sumera ^a   McLaughlin, Ericka ^a   Boyles, Serenity ^a   Bieber, Allan L ^a   Chandler, Douglas E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); LONGEVITY; MICROSCOPY; MOTILITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OSMOSIS; POND; PROTEIN; SALINITY; SPERM; SWIMMING; TOAD; VELOCITY;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79959907719     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv220n3p174     Document Type: Article

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