The egg cortex: from maturation through fertilization

Cell Differentiation - Tập 21 Số 1 - Trang 1-19 - 1987
Ian Probert1, Patrick Chang1
1Unité de Biologie Cellulaire Marine, UA 671 du CNRS/Université Paris VI, Station Zoologique, CEROV, 06230 Villefranche sur mer, France

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