Identification of a sperm cell attribute responsible for subfertility of roosters homozygous for the rose comb allele

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 168-172

  McLean, Derek J ^a   Froman, David P ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY;

ALLELES; ANIMAL; CHICKENS; COMB AND WATTLES; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OVIDUCTS; POULTRY DISEASES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0029656179     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.1.168     Document Type: Article

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