At fertilization, the dormant sperm nucleus undergoes morphological and biochemical transformations leading to the development of a functional male pronucleus. We have investigated the formation of the male pronucleus in a cell-free system consisting of permeabilized sea urchin sperm nuclei incubate
In Vitro Development of the Sea Urchin Male Pronucleus
โ Scribed by L.A. Cameron; D.L. Poccia
- Book ID
- 115597147
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 912 KB
- Volume
- 162
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-1606
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