Characteristics of the semen of three endangered species of gazelles (Gazella dama mhorr, G. dorcas neglecta and G. cuvieri)

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-45

  Cassinello, J ^a   Abaigar, T ^b   Gomendio, M ^a   Roldan, E R S ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CELL STRUCTURE; DEER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; DAMA; GAZELLA CUVIERI; GAZELLA DAMA; GAZELLA DORCAS; GAZELLES DORCAS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0031827475     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1130035     Document Type: Article

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