A sperms tail: The importance of getting it right

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2590-2591

  Ramalho Santos, João ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FERTILIZATION; LETTER; MITOSIS; SPERM; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERM TAIL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 80051919982     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der200     Document Type: Letter

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