Models of fertilization kinetics

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Lehtonen, Jussi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Egg; Fertilization kinetics; Gamete; Isogamy; Sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958073750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150175     Document Type: Article

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