Changes in semen quality and morphology of the reproductive tract of the male tammar wallaby parallel seasonal breeding activity in the female

Reproduction

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 367-378

  Paris, D B B P ^a,c   Taggart, D A ^a,b   Shaw, G ^a   Temple Smith, P D ^a   Renfree, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EJACULATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS;

MACROPUS EUGENII;

EID: 24944479816     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00538     Document Type: Article

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