Viable spermatozoa can be recovered from refrigerated mice up to 7 days after death

Cryobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-34

  An, T Z ^a   Wada, S ^a   Edashige, K ^a   Sakurai, T ^a   Kasai, M ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mouse; Partial zona dissection; Preservation; Refrigeration; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0032804428     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1998.2141     Document Type: Article

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