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Did Fertilization Occur?

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  1. Physiological Laboratory, The University, Cambridge,

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  2. Oldham General Hospital, Oldham

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EDWARDS, R., BAVISTER, B. & STEPTOE, P. Did Fertilization Occur?. Nature 221, 981–982 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221981c0

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