Study of fertilising capacity of spermatozoa after heterospermic insemination in rabbit using DNA markers

Theriogenology

Volumn 61, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1357-1365

  Vicente, José Salvador ^a   De Castro, María Pilar Viudes ^b   Lavara, Raquel ^a   Mocé, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heterospermic; Microsatellites; Offspring rate; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC MARKER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; DNA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC MARKERS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; SPERMATOZOA;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1542289909     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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