Fundamental aspects of sperm cryobiology: The importance of species and individual differences

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-58

  Holt, W V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Semen cryopreservation; Sperm transport; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033987740     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00239-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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