Birth of a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) after artificial insemination with cryopreserved epididymal spermatozoa collected postmortem

Zoo Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 135-143

  Kusunoki, Hiroshi ^a   Daimaru, Hideshi ^b   Minami, Shinji ^b   Nishimoto, Shosaku ^b   Yamane, Ken Ichi ^b   Fukumoto, Yukio ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Chimpanzee; Cryopreservation; Epididymal spermatozoa; Pan troglodytes; Postmortem salvage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035603028     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.1015     Document Type: Article

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