Influence of breeding season and reproductive status on male reproductive characteristics in the common mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-86

  Spinks, A C ^a   Van der Horst, G ^b   Bennett, N C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLE RAT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS;

EID: 0031057330     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1090079     Document Type: Article

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