Sperm transport, size of the seminal plug and the timing of ovulation after natural mating in the female tammar wallaby Macropus eugenii

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 811-822

  Paris, David B B P ^a   Taggart, David A ^a,b   Paris, Monica C J ^c   Temple Smith, Peter D ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copulation; Copulatory plug; Oestrus; Sperm reservoir

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EGG; EJACULATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GENITAL SYSTEM; MARSUPIAL; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PUERPERIUM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS; VATER PAPILLA;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; DASYURIDAE; DIDELPHIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 13844253954     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD04089     Document Type: Article

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