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1962 • 3,769 citations

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1949 • 3,479 citations

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Fast block to polyspermy in sea urchin eggs is electrically mediated

1976 • 456 citations

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1966 • 431 citations

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1956 • 407 citations

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1977 • 313 citations

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1978 • 282 citations

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1979 • 277 citations

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1978 • 209 citations

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1956 • 207 citations

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1971 • 199 citations

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1973 • 163 citations

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1974 • 163 citations

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1979 • 161 citations

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1973 • 133 citations

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1979 • 125 citations

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1979 • 118 citations

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1975 • 108 citations

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1973 • 106 citations

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1979 • 91 citations

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1981 • 87 citations

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1978 • 84 citations

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1978 • 81 citations

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1974 • 72 citations

The Inorganic Constituents of the Sea-Urchin Egg

1953 • 65 citations

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1954 • 57 citations

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1973 • 56 citations

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1920 • 53 citations

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1974 • 49 citations

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1978 • 47 citations

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1973 • 46 citations

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1976 • 45 citations

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1980 • 45 citations

Voltage response to fertilization and polyspermy in sea urchin eggs and oocytes

1979 • 45 citations

Absence of fast block to polyspermy in eggs of sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

1975 • 39 citations

A hydrogen peroxide block to polyspermy in the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata

1981 • 37 citations

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1936 • 36 citations

Reaction of sperm with egg‐derived hydrogen peroxide helps prevent polyspermy during fertilization in the sea urchin

1981 • 34 citations

The mechanism of nicotine-induced polyspermy

1956 • 34 citations

Studies on the specificity of sperm binding in echinoderm fertilization

1980 • 32 citations

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1979 • 31 citations

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1953 • 31 citations

Procedures for the handling of eggs and embryos for light and electron microscopy

1972 • 30 citations

Polyspermic fertilization of sea urchin eggs treated with protease inhibitors: Localization of sperm receptor sites at the egg surface

1976 • 29 citations

Further experiments on jelly-free sea urchin eggs

1959 • 28 citations

The effect of removal of the jelly coat on fertilization in sea urchins

1956 • 27 citations

Mechanism of soybean trypsin inhibitor induced polyspermy as determined by an analysis of refertilized sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata) eggs

1974 • 27 citations

Effect of various ionic compositions upon the membrane potentials during activation of sea urchin eggs

1973 • 24 citations

Physiological responses of sea urchin eggs to stimulation by calcium ionophore A23187 analysed with protease inhibitors

1976 • 22 citations

The variability in the fertilization rate

1956 • 21 citations

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1972 • 18 citations