Evidence that frozen/thawed ram spermatozoa show accelerated capacitation in vitro as assessed by chlortetracycline assay

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-140

  Perez L J ^a   Valcarcel A ^a   De Las Heras, M A ^a   Moses, D ^a   Baldassarre, H ^a  

^a Ctro de Invest Reproductivas P   (Argentina)

Author keywords

acrosome reaction; calcium ionophore; cryopreservation; ovine; semen

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0030198410     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00148-3     Document Type: Article

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