Flow cytometry assessment of the acrosomal status in bull and stallion sperm using FITC peanut agglutinin;Durchfluβzytometrische Bestimmung des akrosomalen Status von Bullen-und Hengstspermien nach Markierung mit FITC-konjugiertem PNA (peanut agglutinin)

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Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 442-447

  Blottner, S ^b   Wegner, I ^b   Roelants, H ^b   Jewgenow, K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acrosome; Cattle; Cryopreservation; Flow cytometry; Horse; Sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032362971     PISSN: 00493864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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