Caprine sperm acrosome reaction: Promotion by progesterone and homologous zona pellucida

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-286

  Somanath, P R ^a   Suraj, K ^a   Gandhi, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Goat; Progesterone; Spermatozoa; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033856855     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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