Ionic calcium levels in oviduct explant-conditioned media from an Australian marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) and its relevance to in vitro fertilization

Zygote

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-291

  Sidhu, K S ^a,b   Mate, K E ^a,b   Molinia, F C ^a,c   Berg, D K ^a,d   Rodger, J C ^a,b  

^a Coop Res Ctr Conserv Mgmt M ^*  (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; Ionic calcium; Oviductal condition media; Sperm capacitation; Zona penetration rate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL CALF SERUM; GAMETE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SUPEROVULATION; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OOCYTES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 1242268181     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199403002338     Document Type: Article

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