Species-specificity of sperm motility activation and chemotaxis: A study on ascidian species

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 156-165

  Yoshida, Manabu ^a   Hiradate, Yuki ^a,b,f   Sensui, Noburu ^c   Cosson, Jacky ^d,e   Morisawa, Masaaki ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO KASEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; SIGNALING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIA NIGRA; ASCIDIA SYDNEIENSIS; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; PHALLUSIA; PHALLUSIA MAMMILATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84883337417     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/bblv224n3p156     Document Type: Article

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