Movement ofTurritella spermatozoa: Direc
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Ishijima, Sumio ;Ishijima, Sanae A. ;Afzelius, Bj๏ฟฝrn A.
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The marine snail, Turritella communis, produces two types of spermatozoa, named apyrene and eupyrene. Eupyrene spermatozoa are usually paired, but unpaired ones are involved in fertilization. Movements of these spermatozoa were analyzed using a video camera with a high-speed shutter. The eupyrene sp