On the species specificity of sperm binding and sperm penetration of the zona pellucida

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-146

  Sinowatz, Fred ^a   Wessa, E ^a   Neumuller C ^a   Palma, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSE; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; OOCYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037388370     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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