OSMOTIC ADAPTATION OF SEA-URCHIN SPERMATOZOA

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H. TIMOURIAN
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Summary.

When male sea-urchins (Lytechinus pictus) are kept in hypo-osmotic sea-water, their spermatozoa are inactive in isosmotic sea-water but active in hypo-osmotic sea-water.

 

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