A systematic approach to multispecies sperm morphometric characterization

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-107

  Beletti, Marcelo Emilio ^a   Da Fontoura Costa, Luciano ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Sperm; Sperm head

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SIZE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOGS; GOATS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037392246     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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