Ultrastructural features and pathogenesis of decapitated spermatozoa in a boar

Andrologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-115

  Toyama, Y ^a   Itoh, Y ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyake Branch   (Japan)

Author keywords

boar; decapitated sperm; spermatogenesis; testis; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030004593     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1996.tb02765.x     Document Type: Article

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