Birth of pouch young after artificial insemination in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 451-459

  Paris, Damien B B P ^a   Taggart, David A ^a,b   Shaw, Geoff ^a   Temple Smith, Peter D ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Female reproductive tract; Fertilization; Marsupial; Ovulation; Sperm motility and transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHRONOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OVUM TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; VAGINA;

EID: 12344269839     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.033282     Document Type: Article

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