Three-dimensional motion of avian spermatozoa

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-161

  Vernon, Geraint G ^a   Woolley, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arian; Birds; Flagellum; Motility; Spermatozoon

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FOWL; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TORQUE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CELL MOVEMENT; COLUMBIDAE; COTURNIX; FLAGELLA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; POULTRY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SONGBIRDS; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033040841     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1999)42:2<149::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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