Ultrastructure of spermatozoa from Japanese quail

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-93

  Korn, N ^a   Thurston, R J ^a   Pooser, B P ^a   Scott, T R ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Japanese quail; Mitochondria; Monoclonal antibody; Sperm ultrastructure; Turkey

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL NUCLEUS; COTURNIX; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOCHONDRIA; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; TURKEYS;

EID: 0033628391     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.1.86     Document Type: Article

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