The occurrence of carnitine and glycerylphosphorylcholine in the octopus spermatophore
- 7 May 1974
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 186 (1082) , 79-82
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1974.0037
Abstract
Carnitine and glycerylphosphorylcholine, two well-known constituents of the mammalian epididymis, are shown to be equally characteristic of another sperm-storing organ, namely the spermatophore of a cephalopod mollusc, Octopus dofleini martini .Keywords
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