The storage of pure ram semen at room temperature results in capacitation of a subpopulation of spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 549-558

  Perez L J ^a   De las Heras, M A ^a   Moses, D ^a   Baldassarre, H ^a  

^a Perez Companc Repro Research Center   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Calcium ionophore; Chlortetracycline; Ram semen

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0344404088     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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