Sperm apoptosis in fresh and cryopreserved bull semen detected by flow cytometry and its relationship with fertility

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 354-360

  Anzar, Muhammad ^a   He, Liwei ^a   Buhr, Mary M ^a   Kroetsch, Thomas G ^a   Pauls, Karl P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gamete biology; Sperm; Sperm maturation; Stress

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; LIPOCORTIN 5; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETE; MALE FERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036152866     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.2.354     Document Type: Article

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