Egg–sperm interactions at fertilization in mammals
✍ Scribed by Paul M Wassarman; Luca Jovine; Eveline S Litscher; Huayu Qi; Zev Williams
- Book ID
- 116433763
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-2115
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