The significance of cooling rates and animal variability for boar sperm cryopreservation: Insights from the cryomicroscope

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 370-382

  Holt, William V ^a   Medrano, Alfredo ^b   Thurston, Lisa M ^c   Watson, Paul F ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Cooling rate; Cryomicroscope; Ice formation; Individual variation; Plasma membrane permeability; Sperm cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 11144352101     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.09.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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