Sperm subpopulations in Iberian red deer epididymal sperm and their changes through the cryopreservation process

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-327

  Martinez Pastor, Felipe ^a   Garcia Macias, Vanesa ^a   Alvarez, Mercedes ^a   Herraez, Paz ^a   Anel, Luis ^a   De Paz, Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

CASA; Cluster analysis; Cryopreservation; Epididymal sperm; Epididymis; Gamete biology; Iberian red deer; Sperm; Sperm motility and transport; Sperm subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FREEZING; GAMETE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAWING;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEER; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 12344262674     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.032730     Document Type: Article

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