Fertilization characteristics and in vitro embryo production with bovine sperm containing multiple nuclear vacuoles

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 328-333

  Thundathil, J ^a   Palasz, A T ^a   Barth, A D ^a   Mapletoft, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bull spermatozoa; Diadem defect; In vitro fertilization (IVF); Sperm morphology; Vacuolated sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; VACUOLES; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031832949     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199807)50:3<328::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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