Evidence by a voltage clamp study of an electrically mediated block to polyspermy in the egg of the ascidian Phallusia mammillata.

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• Publication year

  1994

• Venue

  Developmental Biology

• Publication date

  1994-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1006/DBIO.1994.1332PMID 7813772
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