title: A comparison of sperm and embryo transport in the female reproductive tract of marsupial and eutherian mammals.
abstract: A review on current knowledge of sperm and embryo transport in the female reproductive tract of marsupials. Some of the unique features of gamete structure-function and female genital tract morphology will be described and compared with data available on eutherian mammals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Taggart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004542:Ejaculation; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000502:physiology*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology; D010066:Ovum Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D013083:Sperm Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014621:Vagina / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism