Assessment of ram and boar spermatozoa during cell-sorting by flow cytometry

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Catt, S L ^a   O'Brien, J K ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a   Evans, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0003207749     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.1997.tb01290.x     Document Type: Article

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