Circannual variations in intraovarian oocyte but not epididymal sperm quality in the domestic cat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 188-194

  Spindler, Rebecca E ^a   Wildt, David E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CAT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033025779     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.1.188     Document Type: Article

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