Use of a variable electrical pulsing sequence in rabbit oocyte activation

María José Escribá; Fernando Garcá-Ximénez

doi:doi:10.1051/rnd:2000130

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Volume 40 / No 3 (May-June 2000)

Reprod. Nutr. Dev., 40 3 (2000) 261-269

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Issue		Reprod. Nutr. Dev. Volume 40, Number 3, May-June 2000


Page(s)		261 - 269
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:2000130

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