Evidence for a polyspermy block at the level of sperm-egg plasma membrane fusion in Urechis caupo.

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• Publication year

  1976

• Venue

  The Journal of experimental zoology

• Publication date

  1976-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/JEZ.1401960110PMID 945322
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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