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10 - Current Concepts and Unresolved Questions in Human Sperm Cumulus and Zona Interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2017

By
Christopher J. De Jonge  and
Christopher L. R. Barratt
Edited by
Christopher J. De Jonge  and
Christopher L. R. Barratt
Foreword by
Ryuzo Yanagimachi
Christopher J. De Jonge
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Christopher L. R. Barratt
Affiliation:
University of Dundee
Ryuzo Yanagimachi
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii, Manoa
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The Sperm Cell
Production, Maturation, Fertilization, Regeneration
 , pp. 152 - 156
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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