Effect of boron deprivation on reproductive parameters in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-204

  Fort, Douglas J ^a   Stover, Enos L ^a   Strong, Philip L ^b   Murray, F Jay ^c  

^a Stover Group   (United States)

^b Rio Tinto Group   (United States)

^c Murray and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron deficiency; Frog; Oocyte maturation; Oocyte necrosis; Sperm counts; Sperm dysmorphology

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; BORON; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OOCYTE MATURATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032806125     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-670X(1999)12:3<187::AID-JTRA3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Conference Paper

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