Structural and Functional Aspects of Bufo americanus Spermatozoa: Effects of Inactivation and Reactivation

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-182

  Kouba, Andrew J ^a,b   Vance, Carrie K ^a   Frommeyer, Mark A ^a   Roth, Terri L ^a  

^a Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

^b MEMPHIS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO AMERICANUS;

ISOTONIC SOLUTION; RINGER'S SOLUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038486024     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10192     Document Type: Article

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