Variations in the length of the Y chromosome and the seminal attributes of Karan Fries bulls

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 567-575

  Mandal, Ajoy ^a   Sharma, A ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON GOATS   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bull; Crossbred; Length; Morphometry; Semen; Seminal characteristics; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING METHOD; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0142244250     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026083321377     Document Type: Article

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