Male accessory sex gland secretions affect oocyte Ca2+ oscillations during in-vitro fertilization in golden hamsters

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 527-533

  Ying, Y ^a   Chow, P H ^b   Cheung, M P L ^a   O, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ca2+ oscillation; Golden hamster; In vitro fertilization; Male accessory sex glands; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0033044967     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.6.527     Document Type: Article

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