Studies on sperm storage in the vas deferens of the spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis)

Reproduction

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-240

  Peirce, E J ^a   Moore, H D M ^b   Leigh, C M ^a   Breed, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; INGUINAL REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; URETHRA; VAS DEFERENS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; NOTOMYS ALEXIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0345269977     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1250233     Document Type: Review

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