The biology and evolution of polyspermy: Insights from cellular and functional studies of sperm and centrosomal behavior in the fertilized egg

Reproduction

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 779-792

  Snook, Rhonda R ^a   Hosken, David J ^b   Karr, Timothy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROSOME; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG SIZE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CENTROSOME; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 82355171980     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0255     Document Type: Review

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