In vitro maturation of mammalian spermatozoa

Reviews of Reproduction

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-60

  Moore, Harry D M ^a   Akhondi, Mehdi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MALE; MAMMALS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030063717     PISSN: 13596004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0010054     Document Type: Article

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