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Fertilization without sperm

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  1. MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, 37 Chalmers Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9EW, UK

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Aitken, R., Irvine, D. Fertilization without sperm. Nature 379, 493–495 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/379493a0

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